diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iova.c b/drivers/iommu/iova.c
index 3e1a8a675572..41c605b0058f 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iova.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iova.c
@@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ void queue_iova(struct iova_domain *iovad,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fq->lock, flags);
 
-	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&iovad->fq_timer_on, 0, 1) == 0)
+	/* Avoid false sharing as much as possible. */
+	if (!atomic_read(&iovad->fq_timer_on) &&
+	    !atomic_cmpxchg(&iovad->fq_timer_on, 0, 1))
 		mod_timer(&iovad->fq_timer,
 			  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(IOVA_FQ_TIMEOUT));
 }