diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_allocator.h b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_allocator.h
index 8ff3f20f11c520804de57efeda009bd6ba28ed03..b5105f8c2555a730464d23845854a47c9a7f970f 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_allocator.h
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_allocator.h
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ class CombinedAllocator {
   }
 
   bool RssLimitIsExceeded() {
-    return atomic_load(&rss_limit_is_exceeded_, memory_order_release);
+    return atomic_load(&rss_limit_is_exceeded_, memory_order_acquire);
   }
 
   void SetRssLimitIsExceeded(bool rss_limit_is_exceeded) {