diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000d/src/device.rs b/drivers/net/e1000d/src/device.rs
index 0e42d72b2e..840cc3a9fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000d/src/device.rs
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000d/src/device.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ impl NetworkAdapter for Intel8254x {
     fn read_packet(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<Option<usize>> {
         let desc = unsafe { &mut *(self.receive_ring.as_ptr().add(self.receive_index) as *mut Rd) };
 
+        // Acquire fence pairs the device's store to desc.status with our
+        // load of desc.length; without it the compiler can reorder
+        // and we read a stale length on weakly-ordered architectures.
+        self.receive_buffer[self.receive_index].sync_for_cpu();
+
         if desc.status & RD_DD == RD_DD {
             desc.status = 0;
 
@@ -143,6 +148,7 @@ impl NetworkAdapter for Intel8254x {
             let i = cmp::min(buf.len(), data.len());
             buf[..i].copy_from_slice(&data[..i]);
 
+            self.receive_buffer[self.receive_index].sync_for_device();
             unsafe { self.write_reg(RDT, self.receive_index as u32) };
             self.receive_index = wrap_ring(self.receive_index, self.receive_ring.len());
 
@@ -200,6 +206,7 @@ impl NetworkAdapter for Intel8254x {
         self.transmit_index = wrap_ring(self.transmit_index, self.transmit_ring.len());
         self.transmit_ring_free -= 1;
 
+        self.transmit_buffer[self.transmit_index].sync_for_device();
         unsafe { self.write_reg(TDT, self.transmit_index as u32) };
 
         Ok(i)