diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom_scm.c
index 7af59985f1c1..4c5c2b73d42c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qcom_scm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom_scm.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,8 @@ static int qcom_scm_find_dload_address(struct device *dev, u64 *addr)
  */
 bool qcom_scm_is_available(void)
 {
-	return !!READ_ONCE(__scm);
+	/* Paired with smp_store_release() in qcom_scm_probe */
+	return !!smp_load_acquire(&__scm);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_scm_is_available);
 
@@ -1457,7 +1458,7 @@ static int qcom_scm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* Let all above stores be available after this */
+	/* Paired with smp_load_acquire() in qcom_scm_is_available(). */
 	smp_store_release(&__scm, scm);
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 0);