diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 4d00d796f078..606abe051e68 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -1236,6 +1236,13 @@ void arm_smmu_write_entry(struct arm_smmu_entry_writer *writer, __le64 *entry,
 	__le64 unused_update[NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS];
 	u8 used_qword_diff;
 
+	/*
+	 * Many of the entry structures have pointers to other structures that
+	 * need to have their updates be visible before any writes of the entry
+	 * happen.
+	 */
+	dma_wmb();
+
 	used_qword_diff =
 		arm_smmu_entry_qword_diff(writer, entry, target, unused_update);
 	if (hweight8(used_qword_diff) == 1) {