diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index 067cb83f37ea..583119e0c51c 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static bool queue_stop_cpus_work(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
 	 */
 	preempt_disable();
 	stop_cpus_in_progress = true;
+	barrier();
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
 		work = &per_cpu(cpu_stopper.stop_work, cpu);
 		work->fn = fn;
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ static bool queue_stop_cpus_work(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
 		if (cpu_stop_queue_work(cpu, work))
 			queued = true;
 	}
+	barrier();
 	stop_cpus_in_progress = false;
 	preempt_enable();