diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 243d40369e6ac..7c6164d14bd85 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 
 			head = execlists->csb_head;
 			tail = READ_ONCE(buf[write_idx]);
+			rmb(); /* Hopefully paired with a wmb() in HW */
 		}
 		GEM_TRACE("%s cs-irq head=%d [%d%s], tail=%d [%d%s]\n",
 			  engine->name,