diff --git a/fs/erofs/super.c b/fs/erofs/super.c
index be10b16ea66ee53279b10a3741b8e1724af3ecc4..d5a6b9b888a562bae6b30e80162be2bea7f7fc55 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/super.c
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ static int erofs_read_superblock(struct super_block *sb)
 	blkszbits = dsb->blkszbits;
 	/* 9(512 bytes) + LOG_SECTORS_PER_BLOCK == LOG_BLOCK_SIZE */
 	if (blkszbits != LOG_BLOCK_SIZE) {
-		erofs_err(sb, "blksize %u isn't supported on this platform",
-			  1 << blkszbits);
+		erofs_err(sb, "blkszbits %u isn't supported on this platform",
+			  blkszbits);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/erofs/xattr.c b/fs/erofs/xattr.c
index 5bde77d708524466391289d4bc39cf1b8254ec3b..47314a26767a844fb016b1b8ebe435c014f4a1ea 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/xattr.c
@@ -48,8 +48,14 @@ static int init_inode_xattrs(struct inode *inode)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* the most case is that xattrs of this inode are initialized. */
-	if (test_bit(EROFS_I_EA_INITED_BIT, &vi->flags))
+	if (test_bit(EROFS_I_EA_INITED_BIT, &vi->flags)) {
+		/*
+		 * paired with smp_mb() at the end of the function to ensure
+		 * fields will only be observed after the bit is set.
+		 */
+		smp_mb();
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (wait_on_bit_lock(&vi->flags, EROFS_I_BL_XATTR_BIT, TASK_KILLABLE))
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
@@ -137,6 +143,8 @@ static int init_inode_xattrs(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 	xattr_iter_end(&it, atomic_map);
 
+	/* paired with smp_mb() at the beginning of the function. */
+	smp_mb();
 	set_bit(EROFS_I_EA_INITED_BIT, &vi->flags);
 
 out_unlock:
diff --git a/fs/erofs/zmap.c b/fs/erofs/zmap.c
index ae325541884e3b44332bba1cdf1d357e55e510f6..14d2de35110ccd25c005ac96865c660c06d43f44 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zmap.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zmap.c
@@ -36,8 +36,14 @@ static int z_erofs_fill_inode_lazy(struct inode *inode)
 	void *kaddr;
 	struct z_erofs_map_header *h;
 
-	if (test_bit(EROFS_I_Z_INITED_BIT, &vi->flags))
+	if (test_bit(EROFS_I_Z_INITED_BIT, &vi->flags)) {
+		/*
+		 * paired with smp_mb() at the end of the function to ensure
+		 * fields will only be observed after the bit is set.
+		 */
+		smp_mb();
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (wait_on_bit_lock(&vi->flags, EROFS_I_BL_Z_BIT, TASK_KILLABLE))
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
@@ -83,6 +89,8 @@ static int z_erofs_fill_inode_lazy(struct inode *inode)
 
 	vi->z_physical_clusterbits[1] = vi->z_logical_clusterbits +
 					((h->h_clusterbits >> 5) & 7);
+	/* paired with smp_mb() at the beginning of the function */
+	smp_mb();
 	set_bit(EROFS_I_Z_INITED_BIT, &vi->flags);
 unmap_done:
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);