diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index e53994ca3142..90a8c0bbad8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2307,6 +2307,12 @@ restart_poll:
 
 		if (!pending_scrq(adapter, adapter->rx_scrq[scrq_num]))
 			break;
+		/* The queue entry at the current index is peeked at above
+		 * to determine that there is a valid descriptor awaiting
+		 * processing. We want to be sure that the current slot
+		 * holds a valid descriptor before reading its contents.
+		 */
+		dma_rmb();
 		next = ibmvnic_next_scrq(adapter, adapter->rx_scrq[scrq_num]);
 		rx_buff =
 		    (struct ibmvnic_rx_buff *)be64_to_cpu(next->
@@ -2988,6 +2994,13 @@ restart_loop:
 		unsigned int pool = scrq->pool_index;
 		int num_entries = 0;
 
+		/* The queue entry at the current index is peeked at above
+		 * to determine that there is a valid descriptor awaiting
+		 * processing. We want to be sure that the current slot
+		 * holds a valid descriptor before reading its contents.
+		 */
+		dma_rmb();
+
 		next = ibmvnic_next_scrq(adapter, scrq);
 		for (i = 0; i < next->tx_comp.num_comps; i++) {
 			if (next->tx_comp.rcs[i]) {
@@ -3388,6 +3401,11 @@ static union sub_crq *ibmvnic_next_scrq(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&scrq->lock, flags);
 
+	/* Ensure that the entire buffer descriptor has been
+	 * loaded before reading its contents
+	 */
+	dma_rmb();
+
 	return entry;
 }