diff --git a/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c b/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c
index 14235671a1a7..dae38b6cfe4c 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ void do_raw_read_unlock(rwlock_t *lock)
 static inline void debug_write_lock_before(rwlock_t *lock)
 {
 	RWLOCK_BUG_ON(lock->magic != RWLOCK_MAGIC, lock, "bad magic");
-	RWLOCK_BUG_ON(lock->owner == current, lock, "recursion");
-	RWLOCK_BUG_ON(lock->owner_cpu == raw_smp_processor_id(),
+	RWLOCK_BUG_ON(READ_ONCE(lock->owner) == current, lock, "recursion");
+	RWLOCK_BUG_ON(READ_ONCE(lock->owner_cpu) == raw_smp_processor_id(),
 							lock, "cpu recursion");
 }