diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
index 1486768f23185..1abe741145271 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void cgroup_rstat_updated(struct cgroup *cgrp, int cpu)
 	 * instead of NULL, we can tell whether @cgrp is on the list by
 	 * testing the next pointer for NULL.
 	 */
-	if (cgroup_rstat_cpu(cgrp, cpu)->updated_next)
+	if (data_race(cgroup_rstat_cpu(cgrp, cpu)->updated_next))
 		return;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(cpu_lock, flags);