diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index d9f584984bc4..57a1d73a0718 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ int blk_dev_init(void);
*/
static inline bool blk_do_io_stat(struct request *rq)
{
- return (rq->rq_flags & RQF_IO_STAT) && !blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq);
+ /* Disk stats reading isn’t critical, let it race */
+ return (data_race(rq->rq_flags) & RQF_IO_STAT) && !blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq);
}
void update_io_ticks(struct block_device *part, unsigned long now, bool end);