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diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index efd3bfc7e347..b242775bf670 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1073,6 +1073,9 @@ static inline void finish_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
* We must ensure this doesn't happen until the switch is completely
* finished.
*
+ * In particular, the load of prev->state in finish_task_switch() must
+ * happen before this.
+ *
* Pairs with the control dependency and rmb in try_to_wake_up().
*/
smp_store_release(&prev->on_cpu, 0);
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