diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index d9680b798b2113..cfeb43bfc719e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void __rcu_read_unlock(void);
  * nesting depth, but makes sense only if CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU -- in other
  * types of kernel builds, the rcu_read_lock() nesting depth is unknowable.
  */
-#define rcu_preempt_depth() (current->rcu_read_lock_nesting)
+#define rcu_preempt_depth() READ_ONCE(current->rcu_read_lock_nesting)
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index de1dc3bb7f7016..83a702a4e29632 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -405,17 +405,20 @@ static int rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 
 static void rcu_preempt_read_enter(void)
 {
-	current->rcu_read_lock_nesting++;
+	WRITE_ONCE(current->rcu_read_lock_nesting, READ_ONCE(current->rcu_read_lock_nesting) + 1);
 }
 
 static int rcu_preempt_read_exit(void)
 {
-	return --current->rcu_read_lock_nesting;
+	int ret = READ_ONCE(current->rcu_read_lock_nesting) - 1;
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(current->rcu_read_lock_nesting, ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void rcu_preempt_depth_set(int val)
 {
-	current->rcu_read_lock_nesting = val;
+	WRITE_ONCE(current->rcu_read_lock_nesting, val);
 }
 
 /*