diff --git a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
index 6cb45f256107..d97b30af9e03 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -365,7 +365,16 @@ int hv_ringbuffer_read(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 static u32 hv_pkt_iter_avail(const struct hv_ring_buffer_info *rbi)
 {
 	u32 priv_read_loc = rbi->priv_read_index;
-	u32 write_loc = READ_ONCE(rbi->ring_buffer->write_index);
+	u32 write_loc;
+
+	/*
+	 * The Hyper-V host writes the packet data, then uses
+	 * store_release() to update the write_index.  Use load_acquire()
+	 * here to prevent loads of the packet data from being re-ordered
+	 * before the read of the write_index and potentially getting
+	 * stale data.
+	 */
+	write_loc = virt_load_acquire(&rbi->ring_buffer->write_index);
 
 	if (write_loc >= priv_read_loc)
 		return write_loc - priv_read_loc;