diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 1531cc405270..cc1034038285 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1290,8 +1290,7 @@ static void mark_wake_futex(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, struct futex_q *q)
 	 * memory barrier is required here to prevent the following
 	 * store to lock_ptr from getting ahead of the plist_del.
 	 */
-	smp_wmb();
-	q->lock_ptr = NULL;
+	smp_store_release(&q->lock_ptr, NULL);
 }
 
 static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_q *top_waiter,