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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 15ac064b5562..2a352e668d10 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4210,7 +4210,10 @@ static int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev)
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
int cpu = smp_processor_id(); /* ok because BHs are off */
- if (txq->xmit_lock_owner != cpu) {
+ /* Other cpus might concurrently change txq->xmit_lock_owner
+ * to -1 or to their cpu id, but not to our id.
+ */
+ if (READ_ONCE(txq->xmit_lock_owner) != cpu) {
if (dev_xmit_recursion())
goto recursion_alert;