diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index 838616588796..131fa3004969 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ static inline struct net *tm_net(struct tcp_metrics_block *tm)
 static bool tcp_metric_locked(struct tcp_metrics_block *tm,
 			      enum tcp_metric_index idx)
 {
-	return tm->tcpm_lock & (1 << idx);
+	/* Paired with WRITE_ONCE() in tcpm_suck_dst() */
+	return READ_ONCE(tm->tcpm_lock) & (1 << idx);
 }
 
 static u32 tcp_metric_get(struct tcp_metrics_block *tm,
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ static void tcpm_suck_dst(struct tcp_metrics_block *tm,
 		val |= 1 << TCP_METRIC_CWND;
 	if (dst_metric_locked(dst, RTAX_REORDERING))
 		val |= 1 << TCP_METRIC_REORDERING;
-	tm->tcpm_lock = val;
+	/* Paired with READ_ONCE() in tcp_metric_locked() */
+	WRITE_ONCE(tm->tcpm_lock, val);
 
 	msval = dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_RTT);
 	tm->tcpm_vals[TCP_METRIC_RTT] = msval * USEC_PER_MSEC;