diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 1757074be994a75592f46e051f0beca24d4e0fa5..4978b8fe59e575a44ae76c5641a76930785e040b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 	| MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED			\
 	| MEMBARRIER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE_BITMASK)
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(membarrier_ipi_mutex);
+
 static void ipi_mb(void *info)
 {
 	smp_mb();	/* IPIs should be serializing but paranoid. */
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ static int membarrier_global_expedited(void)
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&tmpmask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_lock(&membarrier_ipi_mutex);
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ static int membarrier_global_expedited(void)
 	 * rq->curr modification in scheduler.
 	 */
 	smp_mb();	/* exit from system call is not a mb */
+	mutex_unlock(&membarrier_ipi_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&tmpmask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_lock(&membarrier_ipi_mutex);
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -202,6 +207,7 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
 	 * rq->curr modification in scheduler.
 	 */
 	smp_mb();	/* exit from system call is not a mb */
+	mutex_unlock(&membarrier_ipi_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }