diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h
index 69707108d23cdeb57bda5c6dd5e3e1aa29faa2b6..98fe5a2cd6e3e1020ac1c346c63e6a21a5a6832a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.h
@@ -213,8 +213,11 @@ struct e1000_rx_ring {
 };
 
 #define E1000_DESC_UNUSED(R)						\
-	((((R)->next_to_clean > (R)->next_to_use)			\
-	  ? 0 : (R)->count) + (R)->next_to_clean - (R)->next_to_use - 1)
+({									\
+	unsigned int clean = smp_load_acquire(&(R)->next_to_clean);	\
+	unsigned int use = READ_ONCE((R)->next_to_use);			\
+	(clean > use ? 0 : (R)->count) + clean - use - 1;		\
+})
 
 #define E1000_RX_DESC_EXT(R, i)						\
 	(&(((union e1000_rx_desc_extended *)((R).desc))[i]))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index fd7be860c20131e7db9a557dcdd40db348d9edf5..068023595d8439c5b1264a105828ba80d3a54309 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3876,7 +3876,10 @@ static bool e1000_clean_tx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 		eop_desc = E1000_TX_DESC(*tx_ring, eop);
 	}
 
-	tx_ring->next_to_clean = i;
+	/* Synchronize with E1000_DESC_UNUSED called from e1000_xmit_frame,
+	 * which will reuse the cleaned buffers.
+	 */
+	smp_store_release(&tx_ring->next_to_clean, i);
 
 	netdev_completed_queue(netdev, pkts_compl, bytes_compl);