diff --git a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 4cdc7dfb05ba..d14d297ebb96 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -1178,7 +1178,12 @@ static int add_exception_handler(const struct bpf_insn *insn,
 
 	ex->insn = ins_offset;
 
-	if (BPF_CLASS(insn->code) != BPF_LDX)
+	/*
+	 * A load-acquire is of BPF_STX class, but reads from src_reg into
+	 * dst_reg like a BPF_LDX does, hence it must not be treated as a store
+	 * here.
+	 */
+	if (BPF_CLASS(insn->code) != BPF_LDX && !bpf_atomic_is_load_acq(insn))
 		dst_reg = DONT_CLEAR;
 
 	ex->fixup = FIELD_PREP(BPF_FIXUP_REG_MASK, dst_reg);
@@ -1193,7 +1198,7 @@ static int add_exception_handler(const struct bpf_insn *insn,
 		 * memory access. Pass the reg holding the unmodified 32-bit address to
 		 * ex_handler_bpf.
 		 */
-		if (BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_LDX)
+		if (BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_LDX || bpf_atomic_is_load_acq(insn))
 			arena_reg = bpf2a64[insn->src_reg];
 		else
 			arena_reg = bpf2a64[insn->dst_reg];