diff --git a/include/drm/spsc_queue.h b/include/drm/spsc_queue.h
index 125f096c88cb96a6da1567d25a238a9cf1640f41..ee9df8cc67b730db81d5a25174d9a5430cf976a7 100644
--- a/include/drm/spsc_queue.h
+++ b/include/drm/spsc_queue.h
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ static inline bool spsc_queue_push(struct spsc_queue *queue, struct spsc_node *n
 
 	preempt_disable();
 
+	atomic_inc(&queue->job_count);
+	smp_mb__after_atomic();
+
 	tail = (struct spsc_node **)atomic_long_xchg(&queue->tail, (long)&node->next);
 	WRITE_ONCE(*tail, node);
-	atomic_inc(&queue->job_count);
 
 	/*
 	 * In case of first element verify new node will be visible to the consumer