diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 85b9235..72d89e1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@
 		list_add_tail(&task->u.tk_wait.list, &queue->tasks[0]);
 	task->tk_waitqueue = queue;
 	queue->qlen++;
+	/* barrier matches the read in rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked() */
+	smp_wmb();
 	rpc_set_queued(task);
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u added to queue %p \"%s\"\n",
@@ -399,8 +401,11 @@
  */
 static void rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-	if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task) && task->tk_waitqueue == queue)
-		__rpc_do_wake_up_task(queue, task);
+	if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task)) {
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (task->tk_waitqueue == queue)
+			__rpc_do_wake_up_task(queue, task);
+	}
 }
 
 /*