diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 6a14b7b11766..470085b121d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -297,9 +297,11 @@ struct hh_cache {
  * relationship HH alignment <= LL alignment.
  */
 #define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
-	((((dev)->hard_header_len+(dev)->needed_headroom)&~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
+	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
+	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
 #define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA(dev,extra) \
-	((((dev)->hard_header_len+(dev)->needed_headroom+(extra))&~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
+	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom) + (extra)) \
+	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
 
 struct header_ops {
 	int	(*create) (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index de90b09dfe78..2541083d49ad 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -614,10 +614,10 @@ void ip_md_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	headroom += LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev) + rt->dst.header_len;
-	if (headroom > dev->needed_headroom)
-		dev->needed_headroom = headroom;
+	if (headroom > READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom))
+		WRITE_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom, headroom);
 
-	if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom)) {
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom))) {
 		ip_rt_put(rt);
 		goto tx_dropped;
 	}
@@ -800,10 +800,10 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	max_headroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev) + sizeof(struct iphdr)
 			+ rt->dst.header_len + ip_encap_hlen(&tunnel->encap);
-	if (max_headroom > dev->needed_headroom)
-		dev->needed_headroom = max_headroom;
+	if (max_headroom > READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom))
+		WRITE_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom, max_headroom);
 
-	if (skb_cow_head(skb, dev->needed_headroom)) {
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom))) {
 		ip_rt_put(rt);
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_dropped);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 47b6607a1370..5e80e517f071 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1240,8 +1240,8 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, __u8 dsfield,
 	 */
 	max_headroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)
 			+ dst->header_len + t->hlen;
-	if (max_headroom > dev->needed_headroom)
-		dev->needed_headroom = max_headroom;
+	if (max_headroom > READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom))
+		WRITE_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom, max_headroom);
 
 	err = ip6_tnl_encap(skb, t, &proto, fl6);
 	if (err)