diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index e09e2886a836..6c5a3809483e 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2589,9 +2589,9 @@ static inline int sk_get_rmem0(const struct sock *sk, const struct proto *proto)
  */
 static inline void sk_pacing_shift_update(struct sock *sk, int val)
 {
-	if (!sk || !sk_fullsock(sk) || sk->sk_pacing_shift == val)
+	if (!sk || !sk_fullsock(sk) || READ_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_shift) == val)
 		return;
-	sk->sk_pacing_shift = val;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_shift, val);
 }
 
 /* if a socket is bound to a device, check that the given device
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index ac78a570e43a..b4d1112174c1 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2918,7 +2918,7 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 
 	sk->sk_max_pacing_rate = ~0UL;
 	sk->sk_pacing_rate = ~0UL;
-	sk->sk_pacing_shift = 10;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_shift, 10);
 	sk->sk_incoming_cpu = -1;
 
 	sk_rx_queue_clear(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
index 32772d6ded4e..a6545ef0d27b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ static u32 bbr_tso_segs_goal(struct sock *sk)
 	/* Sort of tcp_tso_autosize() but ignoring
 	 * driver provided sk_gso_max_size.
 	 */
-	bytes = min_t(unsigned long, sk->sk_pacing_rate >> sk->sk_pacing_shift,
+	bytes = min_t(unsigned long,
+		      sk->sk_pacing_rate >> READ_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_shift),
 		      GSO_MAX_SIZE - 1 - MAX_TCP_HEADER);
 	segs = max_t(u32, bytes / tp->mss_cache, bbr_min_tso_segs(sk));
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 0269584e9cf7..e4ba915c4bb5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ static u32 tcp_tso_autosize(const struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now,
 	u32 bytes, segs;
 
 	bytes = min_t(unsigned long,
-		      sk->sk_pacing_rate >> sk->sk_pacing_shift,
+		      sk->sk_pacing_rate >> READ_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_shift),
 		      sk->sk_gso_max_size - 1 - MAX_TCP_HEADER);
 
 	/* Goal is to send at least one packet per ms,
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ static bool tcp_small_queue_check(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	limit = max_t(unsigned long,
 		      2 * skb->truesize,
-		      sk->sk_pacing_rate >> sk->sk_pacing_shift);
+		      sk->sk_pacing_rate >> READ_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_shift));
 	if (sk->sk_pacing_status == SK_PACING_NONE)
 		limit = min_t(unsigned long, limit,
 			      sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes);