diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 9a3d9fedd7aa..95ab5545a931 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2143,10 +2143,15 @@ void tls_sw_release_resources_tx(struct sock *sk)
 	struct tls_context *tls_ctx = tls_get_ctx(sk);
 	struct tls_sw_context_tx *ctx = tls_sw_ctx_tx(tls_ctx);
 	struct tls_rec *rec, *tmp;
+	int pending;
 
 	/* Wait for any pending async encryptions to complete */
-	smp_store_mb(ctx->async_notify, true);
-	if (atomic_read(&ctx->encrypt_pending))
+	spin_lock_bh(&ctx->encrypt_compl_lock);
+	ctx->async_notify = true;
+	pending = atomic_read(&ctx->encrypt_pending);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ctx->encrypt_compl_lock);
+
+	if (pending)
 		crypto_wait_req(-EINPROGRESS, &ctx->async_wait);
 
 	tls_tx_records(sk, -1);