diff --git a/net/tls/tls_strp.c b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
index da95abbb7ea3..f37f4a0fcd3c 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_strp.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ static void tls_strp_abort_strp(struct tls_strparser *strp, int err)
 	strp->stopped = 1;
 
 	/* Report an error on the lower socket */
-	strp->sk->sk_err = -err;
+	WRITE_ONCE(strp->sk->sk_err, -err);
+	/* Paired with smp_rmb() in tcp_poll() */
+	smp_wmb();
 	sk_error_report(strp->sk);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 6e6a7c37d685..1a53c8f481e9 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ noinline void tls_err_abort(struct sock *sk, int err)
 {
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(err >= 0);
 	/* sk->sk_err should contain a positive error code. */
-	sk->sk_err = -err;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_err, -err);
+	/* Paired with smp_rmb() in tcp_poll() */
+	smp_wmb();
 	sk_error_report(sk);
 }