diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index d715b25a8dc4..c5822d7824cd 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static inline bool sysctl_dev_name_is_allowed(const char *name)
 
 static inline bool inet_port_requires_bind_service(struct net *net, unsigned short port)
 {
-	return port < net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock;
+	return port < READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock);
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index 08829809e88b..86f553864f98 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int ipv4_local_port_range(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		 * port limit.
 		 */
 		if ((range[1] < range[0]) ||
-		    (range[0] < net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock))
+		    (range[0] < READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock)))
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 		else
 			set_local_port_range(net, range);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int ipv4_privileged_ports(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		.extra2 = &ip_privileged_port_max,
 	};
 
-	pports = net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock;
+	pports = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock);
 
 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int ipv4_privileged_ports(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		if (range[0] < pports)
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 		else
-			net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock = pports;
+			WRITE_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_prot_sock, pports);
 	}
 
 	return ret;