diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 236ebaf3be5c..0e56eb225862 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	struct binfmt_misc *misc;
 
 	misc = load_binfmt_misc();
-	if (!misc->enabled)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(misc->enabled))
 		return retval;
 
 	fmt = get_binfmt_handler(misc, bprm);
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ bm_status_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 	char *s;
 
 	misc = i_binfmt_misc(file_inode(file));
-	s = misc->enabled ? "enabled\n" : "disabled\n";
+	s = READ_ONCE(misc->enabled) ? "enabled\n" : "disabled\n";
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos, s, strlen(s));
 }
 
@@ -891,11 +891,11 @@ static ssize_t bm_status_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	switch (res) {
 	case 1:
 		/* Disable all handlers. */
-		misc->enabled = false;
+		WRITE_ONCE(misc->enabled, false);
 		break;
 	case 2:
 		/* Enable all handlers. */
-		misc->enabled = true;
+		WRITE_ONCE(misc->enabled, true);
 		break;
 	case 3:
 		/* Delete all handlers. */
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ static int bm_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	 * is true. Instead, if someone mounts binfmt_misc for the first time or
 	 * again we simply reset ->enabled to true.
 	 */
-	misc->enabled = true;
+	WRITE_ONCE(misc->enabled, true);
 
 	err = simple_fill_super(sb, BINFMTFS_MAGIC, bm_files);
 	if (!err)