diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 1b70cb6fbe3c..4b526ca46801 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,8 @@ static int rcu_gp_fqs(struct rcu_state *rsp, int fqs_state_in)
 	if (ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) & RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS) {
 		raw_spin_lock_irq(&rnp->lock);
 		smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
-		ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) &= ~RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS;
+		ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) =
+			ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) & ~RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&rnp->lock);
 	}
 	return fqs_state;
@@ -2505,7 +2506,8 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp_old->lock, flags);
 		return;  /* Someone beat us to it. */
 	}
-	ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) |= RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS;
+	ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) =
+		ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) | RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp_old->lock, flags);
 	wake_up(&rsp->gp_wq);  /* Memory barrier implied by wake_up() path. */
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index a7997e272564..218fae30c380 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -897,7 +897,8 @@ void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void)
 
 	/* Clean up and exit. */
 	smp_mb(); /* ensure expedited GP seen before counter increment. */
-	ACCESS_ONCE(sync_rcu_preempt_exp_count)++;
+	ACCESS_ONCE(sync_rcu_preempt_exp_count) =
+					sync_rcu_preempt_exp_count + 1;
 unlock_mb_ret:
 	mutex_unlock(&sync_rcu_preempt_exp_mutex);
 mb_ret:
@@ -2428,8 +2429,9 @@ static int rcu_nocb_kthread(void *arg)
 			list = next;
 		}
 		trace_rcu_batch_end(rdp->rsp->name, c, !!list, 0, 0, 1);
-		ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_p_count) -= c;
-		ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_p_count_lazy) -= cl;
+		ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_p_count) = rdp->nocb_p_count - c;
+		ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_p_count_lazy) =
+						rdp->nocb_p_count_lazy - cl;
 		rdp->n_nocbs_invoked += c;
 	}
 	return 0;