diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 2cc39c781085..c624415f8386 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static void record_gp_stall_check_time(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	rsp->gp_start = j;
 	smp_wmb(); /* Record start time before stall time. */
 	j1 = rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check();
-	rsp->jiffies_stall = j + j1;
+	ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall) = j + j1;
 	rsp->jiffies_resched = j + j1 / 2;
 }
 
@@ -904,12 +904,12 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	/* Only let one CPU complain about others per time interval. */
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
-	delta = jiffies - rsp->jiffies_stall;
+	delta = jiffies - ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall);
 	if (delta < RCU_STALL_RAT_DELAY || !rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)) {
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
-	rsp->jiffies_stall = jiffies + 3 * rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() + 3;
+	ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall) = jiffies + 3 * rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() + 3;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 
 	/*
@@ -992,8 +992,8 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		dump_stack();
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
-	if (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rsp->jiffies_stall))
-		rsp->jiffies_stall = jiffies +
+	if (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall)))
+		ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall) = jiffies +
 				     3 * rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() + 3;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ void rcu_cpu_stall_reset(void)
 	struct rcu_state *rsp;
 
 	for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
-		rsp->jiffies_stall = jiffies + ULONG_MAX / 2;
+		ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall) = jiffies + ULONG_MAX / 2;
 }
 
 /*