diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 95930e70b8aac78454512cc7311dde6427e12de0..940ac1a49b729e5837b2c082294fb52e9246c478 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ __u32 ext4_free_group_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
 __u32 ext4_free_inodes_count(struct super_block *sb,
 			      struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
 {
-	return le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_lo) |
+	return le16_to_cpu(READ_ONCE(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_lo)) |
 		(EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT ?
-		 (__u32)le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_hi) << 16 : 0);
+		 (__u32)le16_to_cpu(READ_ONCE(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_hi)) << 16 : 0);
 }
 
 __u32 ext4_used_dirs_count(struct super_block *sb,
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ void ext4_free_group_clusters_set(struct super_block *sb,
 void ext4_free_inodes_set(struct super_block *sb,
 			  struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count)
 {
-	bg->bg_free_inodes_count_lo = cpu_to_le16((__u16)count);
+	WRITE_ONCE(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_lo, cpu_to_le16((__u16)count));
 	if (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT)
-		bg->bg_free_inodes_count_hi = cpu_to_le16(count >> 16);
+		WRITE_ONCE(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_hi, cpu_to_le16(count >> 16));
 }
 
 void ext4_used_dirs_set(struct super_block *sb,