diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
index 8ca49547f648..f26530492f63 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
@@ -1719,7 +1719,8 @@ static int qcom_scm_qseecom_init(struct qcom_scm *scm)
  */
 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);
 
@@ -1837,7 +1838,7 @@ 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);