diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index ce54e985d91ba0b2ee11000c6aa499cffb4a1bba..0a06f9120b5a61b56f0a8db9c77a3374bd20e37d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static bool drm_fb_helper_is_bound(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
 
 	/* Sometimes user space wants everything disabled, so don't steal the
 	 * display if there's a master. */
-	if (lockless_dereference(dev->master))
+	if (READ_ONCE(dev->master))
 		return false;
 
 	drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev) {
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 1bb95484272501bbc8d0603da489f56b4f87714a..436aa4e42221beb16edebd1d5e1bfb3a4fa6af26 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -527,13 +527,13 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
  * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU.  That
  * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality.
  *
- * The seemingly unused void * variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer
- * type. All pointer types silently cast to void *.
+ * The seemingly unused size_t variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer
+ * type by making sure it can be dereferenced.
  */
 #define lockless_dereference(p) \
 ({ \
 	typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \
-	__maybe_unused const void * const _________p2 = _________p1; \
+	size_t __maybe_unused __size_of_ptr = sizeof(*(p)); \
 	smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
 	(_________p1); \
 })