diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index e13c370de830473972250ab683eec8a82a03564e..3726dc780d15b1f3284f14eb16971d9ddf310ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -989,6 +989,11 @@ static inline int nvme_process_cq(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq)
 
 	while (nvme_cqe_pending(nvmeq)) {
 		found++;
+		/*
+		 * load-load control dependency between phase and the rest of
+		 * the cqe requires a full read memory barrier
+		 */
+		dma_rmb();
 		nvme_handle_cqe(nvmeq, nvmeq->cq_head);
 		nvme_update_cq_head(nvmeq);
 	}