diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index b3d116cd072d..e64157798624 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		if (rnp_old != NULL)
 			raw_spin_unlock(&rnp_old->fqslock);
 		if (ret) {
-			rsp->n_force_qs_lh++;
+			ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->n_force_qs_lh)++;
 			return;
 		}
 		rnp_old = rnp;
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
 	raw_spin_unlock(&rnp_old->fqslock);
 	if (ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) & RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS) {
-		rsp->n_force_qs_lh++;
+		ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->n_force_qs_lh)++;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp_old->lock, flags);
 		return;  /* Someone beat us to it. */
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_trace.c b/kernel/rcu/tree_trace.c
index 4def475336d4..d1f1e64a6d72 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_trace.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void print_one_rcu_state(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	seq_printf(m, "nfqs=%lu/nfqsng=%lu(%lu) fqlh=%lu oqlen=%ld/%ld\n",
 		   rsp->n_force_qs, rsp->n_force_qs_ngp,
 		   rsp->n_force_qs - rsp->n_force_qs_ngp,
-		   rsp->n_force_qs_lh, rsp->qlen_lazy, rsp->qlen);
+		   ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->n_force_qs_lh), rsp->qlen_lazy, rsp->qlen);
 	for (rnp = &rsp->node[0]; rnp - &rsp->node[0] < rcu_num_nodes; rnp++) {
 		if (rnp->level != level) {
 			seq_puts(m, "\n");