diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index c31a9ed86d5a..8f9adcfac41b 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -954,8 +954,8 @@ static inline void sk_incoming_cpu_update(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 
-	if (unlikely(sk->sk_incoming_cpu != cpu))
-		sk->sk_incoming_cpu = cpu;
+	if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu) != cpu))
+		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu, cpu);
 }
 
 static inline void sock_rps_record_flow_hash(__u32 hash)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index b8e758bcb6ad..ac78a570e43a 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		break;
 		}
 	case SO_INCOMING_CPU:
-		sk->sk_incoming_cpu = val;
+		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu, val);
 		break;
 
 	case SO_CNX_ADVICE:
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ int sock_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		break;
 
 	case SO_INCOMING_CPU:
-		v.val = sk->sk_incoming_cpu;
+		v.val = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu);
 		break;
 
 	case SO_MEMINFO:
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 97824864e40d..83fb00153018 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static inline int compute_score(struct sock *sk, struct net *net,
 			return -1;
 
 		score = sk->sk_family == PF_INET ? 2 : 1;
-		if (sk->sk_incoming_cpu == raw_smp_processor_id())
+		if (READ_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu) == raw_smp_processor_id())
 			score++;
 	}
 	return score;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index d1ed160af202..1d58ce829dca 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int compute_score(struct sock *sk, struct net *net,
 		return -1;
 	score += 4;
 
-	if (sk->sk_incoming_cpu == raw_smp_processor_id())
+	if (READ_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu) == raw_smp_processor_id())
 		score++;
 	return score;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
index cf60fae9533b..fbe9d4295eac 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static inline int compute_score(struct sock *sk, struct net *net,
 			return -1;
 
 		score = 1;
-		if (sk->sk_incoming_cpu == raw_smp_processor_id())
+		if (READ_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu) == raw_smp_processor_id())
 			score++;
 	}
 	return score;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 6324d3a8cb53..9fec580c968e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int compute_score(struct sock *sk, struct net *net,
 		return -1;
 	score++;
 
-	if (sk->sk_incoming_cpu == raw_smp_processor_id())
+	if (READ_ONCE(sk->sk_incoming_cpu) == raw_smp_processor_id())
 		score++;
 
 	return score;