1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 8256f3f5ec0d..bf7c4193b936 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -941,6 +941,8 @@ static inline void update_times(void)
 void do_timer(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         jiffies_64++;
+        /* prevent loading jiffies before storing new jiffies_64 value. */
+        barrier();
         update_times();
         softlockup_tick(regs);
 }