diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index d4adc806f6f826c9a8c06aa3567b8a95d7f6d6b9..c8c9e5bc660805594d76c354e70c1ff9417daa16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 					  len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		priv->tx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
 		priv->hw->desc->prepare_tx_desc(desc, 0, len, csum_insertion);
+		wmb();
 		priv->hw->desc->set_tx_owner(desc);
 	}
 
@@ -1056,6 +1057,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (likely(priv->tm->enable))
 		priv->hw->desc->clear_tx_ic(desc);
 #endif
+
+	wmb();
+
 	/* To avoid raise condition */
 	priv->hw->desc->set_tx_owner(first);
 
@@ -1118,6 +1122,7 @@ static inline void stmmac_rx_refill(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 			}
 			RX_DBG(KERN_INFO "\trefill entry #%d\n", entry);
 		}
+		wmb();
 		priv->hw->desc->set_rx_owner(p + entry);
 	}
 }