diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index d9fdcbae16ee..db7b2503f068 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash)
 	}
 
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
-		if (net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh) {
+		if (READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh)) {
 			if (!fib_good_nh(nexthop_nh))
 				continue;
 			if (!first) {