diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
index bb5f21b33508..028dd55604ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
@@ -561,17 +561,22 @@ static void octep_clean_irqs(struct octep_device *oct)
  */
 static void octep_update_pkt(struct octep_iq *iq, struct octep_oq *oq)
 {
-	u32 pkts_pend = oq->pkts_pending;
+	u32 pkts_pend = READ_ONCE(oq->pkts_pending);
+	u32 last_pkt_count = READ_ONCE(oq->last_pkt_count);
+	u32 pkts_processed = READ_ONCE(iq->pkts_processed);
+	u32 pkt_in_done = READ_ONCE(iq->pkt_in_done);
 
 	netdev_dbg(iq->netdev, "enabling intr for Q-%u\n", iq->q_no);
-	if (iq->pkts_processed) {
-		writel(iq->pkts_processed, iq->inst_cnt_reg);
-		iq->pkt_in_done -= iq->pkts_processed;
-		iq->pkts_processed = 0;
+	if (pkts_processed) {
+		writel(pkts_processed, iq->inst_cnt_reg);
+		readl(iq->inst_cnt_reg);
+		WRITE_ONCE(iq->pkt_in_done, (pkt_in_done - pkts_processed));
+		WRITE_ONCE(iq->pkts_processed, 0);
 	}
-	if (oq->last_pkt_count - pkts_pend) {
-		writel(oq->last_pkt_count - pkts_pend, oq->pkts_sent_reg);
-		oq->last_pkt_count = pkts_pend;
+	if (last_pkt_count - pkts_pend) {
+		writel(last_pkt_count - pkts_pend, oq->pkts_sent_reg);
+		readl(oq->pkts_sent_reg);
+		WRITE_ONCE(oq->last_pkt_count, pkts_pend);
 	}
 
 	/* Flush the previous wrties before writing to RESEND bit */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
index f2a7c6a76c74..74de19166488 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
@@ -324,10 +324,16 @@ static int octep_oq_check_hw_for_pkts(struct octep_device *oct,
 				      struct octep_oq *oq)
 {
 	u32 pkt_count, new_pkts;
+	u32 last_pkt_count, pkts_pending;
 
 	pkt_count = readl(oq->pkts_sent_reg);
-	new_pkts = pkt_count - oq->last_pkt_count;
+	last_pkt_count = READ_ONCE(oq->last_pkt_count);
+	new_pkts = pkt_count - last_pkt_count;
 
+	if (pkt_count < last_pkt_count) {
+		dev_err(oq->dev, "OQ-%u pkt_count(%u) < oq->last_pkt_count(%u)\n",
+			oq->q_no, pkt_count, last_pkt_count);
+	}
 	/* Clear the hardware packets counter register if the rx queue is
 	 * being processed continuously with-in a single interrupt and
 	 * reached half its max value.
@@ -338,8 +344,9 @@ static int octep_oq_check_hw_for_pkts(struct octep_device *oct,
 		pkt_count = readl(oq->pkts_sent_reg);
 		new_pkts += pkt_count;
 	}
-	oq->last_pkt_count = pkt_count;
-	oq->pkts_pending += new_pkts;
+	WRITE_ONCE(oq->last_pkt_count, pkt_count);
+	pkts_pending = READ_ONCE(oq->pkts_pending);
+	WRITE_ONCE(oq->pkts_pending, (pkts_pending + new_pkts));
 	return new_pkts;
 }
 
@@ -414,7 +421,7 @@ static int __octep_oq_process_rx(struct octep_device *oct,
 	u16 rx_ol_flags;
 	u32 read_idx;
 
-	read_idx = oq->host_read_idx;
+	read_idx = READ_ONCE(oq->host_read_idx);
 	rx_bytes = 0;
 	desc_used = 0;
 	for (pkt = 0; pkt < pkts_to_process; pkt++) {
@@ -499,7 +506,7 @@ static int __octep_oq_process_rx(struct octep_device *oct,
 		napi_gro_receive(oq->napi, skb);
 	}
 
-	oq->host_read_idx = read_idx;
+	WRITE_ONCE(oq->host_read_idx, read_idx);
 	oq->refill_count += desc_used;
 	oq->stats->packets += pkt;
 	oq->stats->bytes += rx_bytes;
@@ -522,22 +529,26 @@ int octep_oq_process_rx(struct octep_oq *oq, int budget)
 {
 	u32 pkts_available, pkts_processed, total_pkts_processed;
 	struct octep_device *oct = oq->octep_dev;
+	u32 pkts_pending;
 
 	pkts_available = 0;
 	pkts_processed = 0;
 	total_pkts_processed = 0;
 	while (total_pkts_processed < budget) {
 		 /* update pending count only when current one exhausted */
-		if (oq->pkts_pending == 0)
+		pkts_pending = READ_ONCE(oq->pkts_pending);
+		if (pkts_pending == 0)
 			octep_oq_check_hw_for_pkts(oct, oq);
+		pkts_pending = READ_ONCE(oq->pkts_pending);
 		pkts_available = min(budget - total_pkts_processed,
-				     oq->pkts_pending);
+				     pkts_pending);
 		if (!pkts_available)
 			break;
 
 		pkts_processed = __octep_oq_process_rx(oct, oq,
 						       pkts_available);
-		oq->pkts_pending -= pkts_processed;
+		pkts_pending = READ_ONCE(oq->pkts_pending);
+		WRITE_ONCE(oq->pkts_pending, (pkts_pending - pkts_processed));
 		total_pkts_processed += pkts_processed;
 	}