diff --git a/net/bluetooth/iso.c b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
index 699e4f400df2..5cd2e775915b 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/iso.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ static int iso_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
 
 	iso_sock_close(sk);
 
-	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER) && sk->sk_lingertime &&
+	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER) && READ_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime) &&
 	    !(current->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
 		lock_sock(sk);
 		err = bt_sock_wait_state(sk, BT_CLOSED, sk->sk_lingertime);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index 1755f91a66f6..6d4168cfeb56 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ static int sco_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
 
 	sco_sock_close(sk);
 
-	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER) && sk->sk_lingertime &&
+	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER) && READ_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime) &&
 	    !(current->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
 		lock_sock(sk);
 		err = bt_sock_wait_state(sk, BT_CLOSED, sk->sk_lingertime);
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 8b91d9f91133..fc475845c94d 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_set_reuseport);
 void sock_no_linger(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	lock_sock(sk);
-	sk->sk_lingertime = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime, 0);
 	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER);
 	release_sock(sk);
 }
@@ -1219,15 +1219,15 @@ set_sndbuf:
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (!ling.l_onoff)
+		if (!ling.l_onoff) {
 			sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER);
-		else {
-#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 32)
-			if ((unsigned int)ling.l_linger >= MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT/HZ)
-				sk->sk_lingertime = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+		} else {
+			unsigned long t_sec = ling.l_linger;
+
+			if (t_sec >= MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ)
+				WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
 			else
-#endif
-				sk->sk_lingertime = (unsigned int)ling.l_linger * HZ;
+				WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime, t_sec * HZ);
 			sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER);
 		}
 		break;
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ int sk_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 	case SO_LINGER:
 		lv		= sizeof(v.ling);
 		v.ling.l_onoff	= sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER);
-		v.ling.l_linger	= sk->sk_lingertime / HZ;
+		v.ling.l_linger	= READ_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime) / HZ;
 		break;
 
 	case SO_BSDCOMPAT:
diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c
index b1f1b49d35ed..6f2f135aab67 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ META_COLLECTOR(int_sk_lingertime)
 		*err = -1;
 		return;
 	}
-	dst->value = sk->sk_lingertime / HZ;
+	dst->value = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime) / HZ;
 }
 
 META_COLLECTOR(int_sk_err_qlen)
diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 84219c5121bc..f774d840759d 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@ void smc_close_non_accepted(struct sock *sk)
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	if (!sk->sk_lingertime)
 		/* wait for peer closing */
-		sk->sk_lingertime = SMC_MAX_STREAM_WAIT_TIMEOUT;
+		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_lingertime, SMC_MAX_STREAM_WAIT_TIMEOUT);
 	__smc_release(smc);
 	release_sock(sk);
 	sock_put(sk); /* sock_hold above */