diff --git a/include/ck_brlock.h b/include/ck_brlock.h
index c3307d9..2a21f0d 100644
--- a/include/ck_brlock.h
+++ b/include/ck_brlock.h
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ ck_brlock_read_lock(struct ck_brlock *br, struct ck_brlock_reader *reader)
 		ck_pr_store_uint(&reader->n_readers, 0);
 	}
 
+	ck_pr_fence_load();
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ ck_brlock_read_trylock(struct ck_brlock *br,
 			return false;
 	}
 
+	ck_pr_fence_load();
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/ck_bytelock.h b/include/ck_bytelock.h
index 2be30dc..8970aa1 100644
--- a/include/ck_bytelock.h
+++ b/include/ck_bytelock.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ ck_bytelock_read_lock(struct ck_bytelock *bytelock, unsigned int slot)
 				ck_pr_stall();
 		}
 
+		ck_pr_fence_load();
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/ck_rwlock.h b/include/ck_rwlock.h
index f3df10d..f9e24c1 100644
--- a/include/ck_rwlock.h
+++ b/include/ck_rwlock.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ ck_rwlock_read_trylock(ck_rwlock_t *rw)
 	return false;
 
 leave:
+	ck_pr_fence_load();
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ ck_rwlock_read_lock(ck_rwlock_t *rw)
 		ck_pr_dec_uint(&rw->n_readers);
 	}
 
+	ck_pr_fence_load();
 	return;
 }