diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 3ce14d42ddc8..a53736c26c0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void poll_timeout(struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent)
 	u8 own;
 
 	do {
-		own = ent->lay->status_own;
+		own = READ_ONCE(ent->lay->status_own);
 		if (!(own & CMD_OWNER_HW)) {
 			ent->ret = 0;
 			return;