unsigned                sq_entries;
                unsigned                sq_mask;
                unsigned                sq_thread_idle;
+               unsigned                cached_sq_dropped;
                struct io_uring_sqe     *sq_sqes;
 
                struct list_head        defer_list;
 
        struct {
                unsigned                cached_cq_tail;
+               atomic_t                cached_cq_overflow;
                unsigned                cq_entries;
                unsigned                cq_mask;
                struct wait_queue_head  cq_wait;
 static inline bool __io_sequence_defer(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
                                       struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
-       return req->sequence != ctx->cached_cq_tail + ctx->rings->sq_dropped;
+       return req->sequence != ctx->cached_cq_tail + ctx->cached_sq_dropped
+                                       + atomic_read(&ctx->cached_cq_overflow);
 }
 
 static inline bool io_sequence_defer(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
                WRITE_ONCE(cqe->res, res);
                WRITE_ONCE(cqe->flags, 0);
        } else {
-               unsigned overflow = READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq_overflow);
-
-               WRITE_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq_overflow, overflow + 1);
+               WRITE_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq_overflow,
+                               atomic_inc_return(&ctx->cached_cq_overflow));
        }
 }
 
 
        /* drop invalid entries */
        ctx->cached_sq_head++;
-       rings->sq_dropped++;
+       ctx->cached_sq_dropped++;
+       WRITE_ONCE(rings->sq_dropped, ctx->cached_sq_dropped);
        return false;
 }