diff --git a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
index 05a37857ab55..ffd200685977 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
@@ -104,6 +104,32 @@ bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
 
 	prev = decode_cpu(old);
 	node->prev = prev;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to avoid reordering of link updation sequence of osq.
+	 * A case in which the status of optimistic spin queue is
+	 * CPU6->CPU2 in which CPU6 has acquired the lock. At this point
+	 * if CPU0 comes in to acquire osq_lock, it will update the tail
+	 * count. After tail count update if CPU2 starts to unqueue itself
+	 * from optimistic spin queue, it will find updated tail count with
+	 * CPU0 and update CPU2 node->next to NULL in osq_wait_next(). If
+	 * reordering of following stores happen then prev->next where prev
+	 * being CPU2 would be updated to point to CPU0 node:
+	 *      node->prev = prev;
+	 *      WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, node);
+	 *
+	 * At this point if next instruction
+	 *      WRITE_ONCE(next->prev, prev);
+	 * in CPU2 path is committed before the update of CPU0 node->prev =
+	 * prev then CPU0 node->prev will point to CPU6 node. At this point
+	 * if CPU0 path's node->prev = prev is committed resulting in change
+	 * of CPU0 prev back to CPU2 node. CPU2 node->next is NULL, so if
+	 * CPU0 gets into unqueue path of osq_lock it will keep spinning
+	 * in infinite loop as condition prev->next == node will never be
+	 * true.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+
 	WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, node);
 
 	/*