diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index a64680a3e782..074cf3e91c6f 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ static enum nl_mmap_status netlink_get_status(const struct nl_mmap_hdr *hdr)
 static void netlink_set_status(struct nl_mmap_hdr *hdr,
 			       enum nl_mmap_status status)
 {
+	smp_mb();
 	hdr->nm_status = status;
 	flush_dcache_page(pgvec_to_page(hdr));
-	smp_wmb();
 }
 
 static struct nl_mmap_hdr *