diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/io.h b/drivers/net/sfc/io.h
index d9d8c2ef1074..cc978803d484 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/io.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/io.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static inline void efx_reado(struct efx_nic *efx, efx_oword_t *value,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&efx->biu_lock, flags);
 	value->u32[0] = _efx_readd(efx, reg + 0);
+	rmb();
 	value->u32[1] = _efx_readd(efx, reg + 4);
 	value->u32[2] = _efx_readd(efx, reg + 8);
 	value->u32[3] = _efx_readd(efx, reg + 12);
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ static inline void efx_sram_readq(struct efx_nic *efx, void __iomem *membase,
 	value->u64[0] = (__force __le64)__raw_readq(membase + addr);
 #else
 	value->u32[0] = (__force __le32)__raw_readl(membase + addr);
+	rmb();
 	value->u32[1] = (__force __le32)__raw_readl(membase + addr + 4);
 #endif
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efx->biu_lock, flags);