diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 2c11eb4abdd2..83854cec4a47 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ void __sk_mem_reclaim(struct sock *sk, int amount);
 /* sysctl_mem values are in pages, we convert them in SK_MEM_QUANTUM units */
 static inline long sk_prot_mem_limits(const struct sock *sk, int index)
 {
-	long val = sk->sk_prot->sysctl_mem[index];
+	long val = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot->sysctl_mem[index]);
 
 #if PAGE_SIZE > SK_MEM_QUANTUM
 	val <<= PAGE_SHIFT - SK_MEM_QUANTUM_SHIFT;