diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index f39c44cbdfe6..9733d8e4f10a 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1535,9 +1535,14 @@ static inline int keepalive_time_when(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
 static inline int keepalive_probes(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net((struct sock *)tp);
+	int val;
 
-	return tp->keepalive_probes ? :
-		READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_keepalive_probes);
+	/* Paired with WRITE_ONCE() in tcp_sock_set_keepcnt()
+	 * and do_tcp_setsockopt().
+	 */
+	val = READ_ONCE(tp->keepalive_probes);
+
+	return val ? : READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_keepalive_probes);
 }
 
 static inline u32 keepalive_time_elapsed(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index d19cfeb78392..7d75928ea0f9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3463,7 +3463,8 @@ int tcp_sock_set_keepcnt(struct sock *sk, int val)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
-	tcp_sk(sk)->keepalive_probes = val;
+	/* Paired with READ_ONCE() in keepalive_probes() */
+	WRITE_ONCE(tcp_sk(sk)->keepalive_probes, val);
 	release_sock(sk);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3671,7 +3672,7 @@ int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		if (val < 1 || val > MAX_TCP_KEEPCNT)
 			err = -EINVAL;
 		else
-			tp->keepalive_probes = val;
+			WRITE_ONCE(tp->keepalive_probes, val);
 		break;
 	case TCP_SYNCNT:
 		if (val < 1 || val > MAX_TCP_SYNCNT)