diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 97bc62cbe2da..5f2e9c6c328e 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,12 @@ static long aio_read_events_ring(struct kioctx *ctx,
 	tail = ring->tail;
 	kunmap_atomic(ring);
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that once we've read the current tail pointer, that
+	 * we also see the events that were stored up to the tail.
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
+
 	pr_debug("h%u t%u m%u\n", head, tail, ctx->nr_events);
 
 	if (head == tail)