1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
index 20ebb602ea2f..6a400b1b0b62 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static void ipi_send_msg_one(int cpu, enum ipi_msg_type msg)
          * and read back old value
          */
         do {
-                new = old = *ipi_data_ptr;
+                new = old = ACCESS_ONCE(*ipi_data_ptr);
                 new |= 1U << msg;
         } while (cmpxchg(ipi_data_ptr, old, new) != old);