diff --git a/drivers/firewire/net.c b/drivers/firewire/net.c
index 82ba110d9d1ad..bbabfca812bbc 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/net.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/net.c
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@ static int fwnet_header_cache(const struct neighbour *neigh,
 	h = (struct fwnet_header *)((u8 *)hh->hh_data + HH_DATA_OFF(sizeof(*h)));
 	h->h_proto = type;
 	memcpy(h->h_dest, neigh->ha, net->addr_len);
-	hh->hh_len = FWNET_HLEN;
+
+	/* Pairs with the READ_ONCE() in neigh_resolve_output(),
+	 * neigh_hh_output() and neigh_update_hhs().
+	 */
+	smp_store_release(&hh->hh_len, FWNET_HLEN);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index c84807c1c5bd9..5ce035984a4dd 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static inline int neigh_hh_output(const struct hh_cache *hh, struct sk_buff *skb
 
 	do {
 		seq = read_seqbegin(&hh->hh_lock);
-		hh_len = hh->hh_len;
+		hh_len = READ_ONCE(hh->hh_len);
 		if (likely(hh_len <= HH_DATA_MOD)) {
 			hh_alen = HH_DATA_MOD;
 
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 7597afee70680..e260d44ebdca0 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ static void neigh_update_hhs(struct neighbour *neigh)
 
 	if (update) {
 		hh = &neigh->hh;
-		if (hh->hh_len) {
+		if (READ_ONCE(hh->hh_len)) {
 			write_seqlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
 			update(hh, neigh->dev, neigh->ha);
 			write_sequnlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ int neigh_resolve_output(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		struct net_device *dev = neigh->dev;
 		unsigned int seq;
 
-		if (dev->header_ops->cache && !neigh->hh.hh_len)
+		if (dev->header_ops->cache && !READ_ONCE(neigh->hh.hh_len))
 			neigh_hh_init(neigh);
 
 		do {
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index fd8faa0dfa619..ca06e9a53d15c 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -239,7 +239,12 @@ int eth_header_cache(const struct neighbour *neigh, struct hh_cache *hh, __be16
 	eth->h_proto = type;
 	memcpy(eth->h_source, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	memcpy(eth->h_dest, neigh->ha, ETH_ALEN);
-	hh->hh_len = ETH_HLEN;
+
+	/* Pairs with READ_ONCE() in neigh_resolve_output(),
+	 * neigh_hh_output() and neigh_update_hhs().
+	 */
+	smp_store_release(&hh->hh_len, ETH_HLEN);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_header_cache);