diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index eedc2e6bc45a..38c7468906a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1576,11 +1576,14 @@ int nfsd_nl_rpc_status_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFSD_V4 */
 
 			/*
-			 * Acquire rq_status_counter before reporting the rqst
-			 * fields to the user.
+			 * Read-side load-load fence: order the field reads
+			 * above before the counter re-read below, mirroring
+			 * the smp_rmb() in the standard seqcount retry. The
+			 * begin-side smp_load_acquire() above pairs with the
+			 * smp_store_release() in nfsd_dispatch().
 			 */
-			if (smp_load_acquire(&rqstp->rq_status_counter) !=
-			    status_counter)
+			smp_rmb();
+			if (READ_ONCE(rqstp->rq_status_counter) != status_counter)
 				continue;
 
 			ret = nfsd_genl_rpc_status_compose_msg(skb, cb,