diff --git a/mm/page_counter.c b/mm/page_counter.c
index 75d53f15f040..509143f232d8 100644
--- a/mm/page_counter.c
+++ b/mm/page_counter.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ static void propagate_protected_usage(struct page_counter *c,
 				      unsigned long usage)
 {
 	unsigned long protected, old_protected;
+	unsigned long low;
 	long delta;
 
 	if (!c->parent)
@@ -30,8 +31,9 @@ static void propagate_protected_usage(struct page_counter *c,
 			atomic_long_add(delta, &c->parent->children_min_usage);
 	}
 
-	if (c->low || atomic_long_read(&c->low_usage)) {
-		protected = min(usage, c->low);
+	low = READ_ONCE(c->low);
+	if (low || atomic_long_read(&c->low_usage)) {
+		protected = min(usage, low);
 		old_protected = atomic_long_xchg(&c->low_usage, protected);
 		delta = protected - old_protected;
 		if (delta)
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ void page_counter_set_low(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
 	struct page_counter *c;
 
-	counter->low = nr_pages;
+	WRITE_ONCE(counter->low, nr_pages);
 
 	for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
 		propagate_protected_usage(c, atomic_long_read(&c->usage));