diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index a1780a6..0fde39b8 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
 		/* We haven't checked in, so go dump stack. */
 		print_cpu_stall(gps);
-		if (rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump)
+		if (READ_ONCE(rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump))
 			rcu_ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 
 	} else if (rcu_gp_in_progress() &&
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
 		/* They had a few time units to dump stack, so complain. */
 		print_other_cpu_stall(gs2, gps);
-		if (rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump)
+		if (READ_ONCE(rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump))
 			rcu_ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 	}
 }