diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 02918e0d635e9d..4791242be25b97 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3207,10 +3207,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_md5_hash_skb_data);
 
 int tcp_md5_hash_key(struct tcp_md5sig_pool *hp, const struct tcp_md5sig_key *key)
 {
+	u8 keylen = key->keylen;
 	struct scatterlist sg;
 
-	sg_init_one(&sg, key->key, key->keylen);
-	ahash_request_set_crypt(hp->md5_req, &sg, NULL, key->keylen);
+	smp_rmb(); /* paired with smp_wmb() in tcp_md5_do_add() */
+
+	sg_init_one(&sg, key->key, keylen);
+	ahash_request_set_crypt(hp->md5_req, &sg, NULL, keylen);
 	return crypto_ahash_update(hp->md5_req);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_md5_hash_key);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index e1cf810140b02d..5001a922fc5562 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ int tcp_md5_do_add(struct sock *sk, const union tcp_md5_addr *addr,
 	if (key) {
 		/* Pre-existing entry - just update that one. */
 		memcpy(key->key, newkey, newkeylen);
+
+		smp_wmb(); /* pairs with smp_rmb() in tcp_md5_hash_key() */
+
 		key->keylen = newkeylen;
 		return 0;
 	}