diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index fdab7eb6f351..40bd1e27b1b7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7784,10 +7784,10 @@ static void update_cfs_rq_h_load(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	if (cfs_rq->last_h_load_update == now)
 		return;
 
-	cfs_rq->h_load_next = NULL;
+	WRITE_ONCE(cfs_rq->h_load_next, NULL);
 	for_each_sched_entity(se) {
 		cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
-		cfs_rq->h_load_next = se;
+		WRITE_ONCE(cfs_rq->h_load_next, se);
 		if (cfs_rq->last_h_load_update == now)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -7797,7 +7797,7 @@ static void update_cfs_rq_h_load(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 		cfs_rq->last_h_load_update = now;
 	}
 
-	while ((se = cfs_rq->h_load_next) != NULL) {
+	while ((se = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->h_load_next)) != NULL) {
 		load = cfs_rq->h_load;
 		load = div64_ul(load * se->avg.load_avg,
 			cfs_rq_load_avg(cfs_rq) + 1);