diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index fdd312da0992..5ec2473a3497 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2221,11 +2221,11 @@ static inline struct futex_hash_bucket *queue_lock(struct futex_q *q)
 	 * decrement the counter at queue_unlock() when some error has
 	 * occurred and we don't end up adding the task to the list.
 	 */
-	hb_waiters_inc(hb);
+	hb_waiters_inc(hb); /* implies smp_mb(); (A) */
 
 	q->lock_ptr = &hb->lock;
 
-	spin_lock(&hb->lock); /* implies smp_mb(); (A) */
+	spin_lock(&hb->lock);
 	return hb;
 }