diff --git a/kernel/marker.c b/kernel/marker.c
index 971da53..7d1faec 100644
--- a/kernel/marker.c
+++ b/kernel/marker.c
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
 		struct marker_probe_closure *multi;
 		int i;
 		/*
+		 * Read mdata->ptype before mdata->multi.
+		 */
+		smp_rmb();
+		multi = mdata->multi;
+		/*
 		 * multi points to an array, therefore accessing the array
 		 * depends on reading multi. However, even in this case,
 		 * we must insure that the pointer is read _before_ the array
@@ -133,7 +138,6 @@
 		 * in the fast path, so put the explicit barrier here.
 		 */
 		smp_read_barrier_depends();
-		multi = mdata->multi;
 		for (i = 0; multi[i].func; i++) {
 			va_start(args, call_private);
 			multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private,
@@ -175,6 +179,11 @@
 		struct marker_probe_closure *multi;
 		int i;
 		/*
+		 * Read mdata->ptype before mdata->multi.
+		 */
+		smp_rmb();
+		multi = mdata->multi;
+		/*
 		 * multi points to an array, therefore accessing the array
 		 * depends on reading multi. However, even in this case,
 		 * we must insure that the pointer is read _before_ the array
@@ -182,7 +191,6 @@
 		 * in the fast path, so put the explicit barrier here.
 		 */
 		smp_read_barrier_depends();
-		multi = mdata->multi;
 		for (i = 0; multi[i].func; i++)
 			multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private,
 				mdata->format, &args);