diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 642b9d382fb4..eb086b06d60d 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static void netlink_overrun(struct sock *sk)
 	if (!nlk_test_bit(RECV_NO_ENOBUFS, sk)) {
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(NETLINK_S_CONGESTED,
 				      &nlk_sk(sk)->state)) {
-			sk->sk_err = ENOBUFS;
+			WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_err, ENOBUFS);
 			sk_error_report(sk);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ static int do_one_set_err(struct sock *sk, struct netlink_set_err_data *p)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	sk->sk_err = p->code;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_err, p->code);
 	sk_error_report(sk);
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	    atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf / 2) {
 		ret = netlink_dump(sk);
 		if (ret) {
-			sk->sk_err = -ret;
+			WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_err, -ret);
 			sk_error_report(sk);
 		}
 	}
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@ void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err,
 err_bad_put:
 	nlmsg_free(skb);
 err_skb:
-	NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk->sk_err = ENOBUFS;
+	WRITE_ONCE(NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk->sk_err, ENOBUFS);
 	sk_error_report(NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_ack);