diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 249cd01cb920..6164bf737ee6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ struct ghes_vendor_record_entry {
 static struct gen_pool *ghes_estatus_pool;
 static unsigned long ghes_estatus_pool_size_request;
 
-static struct ghes_estatus_cache *ghes_estatus_caches[GHES_ESTATUS_CACHES_SIZE];
+static struct ghes_estatus_cache __rcu *ghes_estatus_caches[GHES_ESTATUS_CACHES_SIZE];
 static atomic_t ghes_estatus_cache_alloced;
 
 static int ghes_panic_timeout __read_mostly = 30;
@@ -789,48 +789,42 @@ static struct ghes_estatus_cache *ghes_estatus_cache_alloc(
 	return cache;
 }
 
-static void ghes_estatus_cache_free(struct ghes_estatus_cache *cache)
+static void ghes_estatus_cache_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct ghes_estatus_cache *cache;
 	u32 len;
 
+	cache = container_of(head, struct ghes_estatus_cache, rcu);
 	len = cper_estatus_len(GHES_ESTATUS_FROM_CACHE(cache));
 	len = GHES_ESTATUS_CACHE_LEN(len);
 	gen_pool_free(ghes_estatus_pool, (unsigned long)cache, len);
 	atomic_dec(&ghes_estatus_cache_alloced);
 }
 
-static void ghes_estatus_cache_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void
+ghes_estatus_cache_add(struct acpi_hest_generic *generic,
+		       struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 {
-	struct ghes_estatus_cache *cache;
-
-	cache = container_of(head, struct ghes_estatus_cache, rcu);
-	ghes_estatus_cache_free(cache);
-}
-
-static void ghes_estatus_cache_add(
-	struct acpi_hest_generic *generic,
-	struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
-{
-	int i, slot = -1, count;
 	unsigned long long now, duration, period, max_period = 0;
-	struct ghes_estatus_cache *cache, *slot_cache = NULL, *new_cache;
+	struct ghes_estatus_cache *cache, *new_cache;
+	struct ghes_estatus_cache __rcu *victim;
+	int i, slot = -1, count;
 
 	new_cache = ghes_estatus_cache_alloc(generic, estatus);
-	if (new_cache == NULL)
+	if (!new_cache)
 		return;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	now = sched_clock();
 	for (i = 0; i < GHES_ESTATUS_CACHES_SIZE; i++) {
 		cache = rcu_dereference(ghes_estatus_caches[i]);
 		if (cache == NULL) {
 			slot = i;
-			slot_cache = NULL;
 			break;
 		}
 		duration = now - cache->time_in;
 		if (duration >= GHES_ESTATUS_IN_CACHE_MAX_NSEC) {
 			slot = i;
-			slot_cache = cache;
 			break;
 		}
 		count = atomic_read(&cache->count);
@@ -839,18 +833,30 @@ static void ghes_estatus_cache_add(
 		if (period > max_period) {
 			max_period = period;
 			slot = i;
-			slot_cache = cache;
 		}
 	}
-	/* new_cache must be put into array after its contents are written */
-	smp_wmb();
-	if (slot != -1 && cmpxchg(ghes_estatus_caches + slot,
-				  slot_cache, new_cache) == slot_cache) {
-		if (slot_cache)
-			call_rcu(&slot_cache->rcu, ghes_estatus_cache_rcu_free);
-	} else
-		ghes_estatus_cache_free(new_cache);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (slot != -1) {
+		/*
+		 * Use release semantics to ensure that ghes_estatus_cached()
+		 * running on another CPU will see the updated cache fields if
+		 * it can see the new value of the pointer.
+		 */
+		victim = xchg_release(&ghes_estatus_caches[slot],
+				      RCU_INITIALIZER(new_cache));
+
+		/*
+		 * At this point, victim may point to a cached item different
+		 * from the one based on which we selected the slot. Instead of
+		 * going to the loop again to pick another slot, let's just
+		 * drop the other item anyway: this may cause a false cache
+		 * miss later on, but that won't cause any problems.
+		 */
+		if (victim)
+			call_rcu(&unrcu_pointer(victim)->rcu,
+				 ghes_estatus_cache_rcu_free);
+	}
 }
 
 static void __ghes_panic(struct ghes *ghes,