diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index 26fffda78cca..05fe313f72fa 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static inline unsigned int ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(const struct dst_entry *dst,
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dst->dev);
 	unsigned int mtu;
 
-	if (net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu ||
+	if (READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu) ||
 	    ip_mtu_locked(dst) ||
 	    !forwarding) {
 		mtu = rt->rt_pmtu;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 356f535f3443..91c4f60de75a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ u32 ip_mtu_from_fib_result(struct fib_result *res, __be32 daddr)
 	struct fib_info *fi = res->fi;
 	u32 mtu = 0;
 
-	if (dev_net(dev)->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu ||
+	if (READ_ONCE(dev_net(dev)->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu) ||
 	    fi->fib_metrics->metrics[RTAX_LOCK - 1] & (1 << RTAX_MTU))
 		mtu = fi->fib_mtu;