diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index c8cafdb094aaa0a39f941f4c0ea5e56e63e65405..b3b24f2d4a18de879992bb98deed580065751727 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ static int grow_one_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, gfp_t gfp)
 	atomic_inc(&conf->active_stripes);
 
 	raid5_release_stripe(sh);
-	conf->max_nr_stripes++;
+	WRITE_ONCE(conf->max_nr_stripes, conf->max_nr_stripes + 1);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -2646,7 +2646,7 @@ static int drop_one_stripe(struct r5conf *conf)
 	shrink_buffers(sh);
 	free_stripe(conf->slab_cache, sh);
 	atomic_dec(&conf->active_stripes);
-	conf->max_nr_stripes--;
+	WRITE_ONCE(conf->max_nr_stripes, conf->max_nr_stripes - 1);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -6566,7 +6566,7 @@ raid5_set_cache_size(struct mddev *mddev, int size)
 	if (size <= 16 || size > 32768)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	conf->min_nr_stripes = size;
+	WRITE_ONCE(conf->min_nr_stripes, size);
 	mutex_lock(&conf->cache_size_mutex);
 	while (size < conf->max_nr_stripes &&
 	       drop_one_stripe(conf))
@@ -6578,7 +6578,7 @@ raid5_set_cache_size(struct mddev *mddev, int size)
 	mutex_lock(&conf->cache_size_mutex);
 	while (size > conf->max_nr_stripes)
 		if (!grow_one_stripe(conf, GFP_KERNEL)) {
-			conf->min_nr_stripes = conf->max_nr_stripes;
+			WRITE_ONCE(conf->min_nr_stripes, conf->max_nr_stripes);
 			result = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -7142,11 +7142,13 @@ static unsigned long raid5_cache_count(struct shrinker *shrink,
 				       struct shrink_control *sc)
 {
 	struct r5conf *conf = container_of(shrink, struct r5conf, shrinker);
+	int max_stripes = READ_ONCE(conf->max_nr_stripes);
+	int min_stripes = READ_ONCE(conf->min_nr_stripes);
 
-	if (conf->max_nr_stripes < conf->min_nr_stripes)
+	if (max_stripes < min_stripes)
 		/* unlikely, but not impossible */
 		return 0;
-	return conf->max_nr_stripes - conf->min_nr_stripes;
+	return max_stripes - min_stripes;
 }
 
 static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)