diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 47b8ab7..eb651a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -755,7 +755,12 @@
 	if (tp->srtt > 8 + 2)
 		do_div(rate, tp->srtt);
 
-	sk->sk_pacing_rate = min_t(u64, rate, sk->sk_max_pacing_rate);
+	/* ACCESS_ONCE() is needed because sch_fq fetches sk_pacing_rate
+	 * without any lock. We want to make sure compiler wont store
+	 * intermediate values in this location.
+	 */
+	ACCESS_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_rate) = min_t(u64, rate,
+						sk->sk_max_pacing_rate);
 }
 
 /* Calculate rto without backoff.  This is the second half of Van Jacobson's