diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h
index 67e06fe18c03..f3fa55bdd6ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * anyone care?
  *
  * For virtio_pci on SMP, we don't need to order with respect to MMIO
- * accesses through relaxed memory I/O windows, so smp_mb() et al are
+ * accesses through relaxed memory I/O windows, so virt_mb() et al are
  * sufficient.
  *
  * For using virtio to talk to real devices (eg. other heterogeneous
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@
  * actually quite cheap.
  */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static inline void virtio_mb(bool weak_barriers)
 {
 	if (weak_barriers)
-		smp_mb();
+		virt_mb();
 	else
 		mb();
 }
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ static inline void virtio_mb(bool weak_barriers)
 static inline void virtio_rmb(bool weak_barriers)
 {
 	if (weak_barriers)
-		smp_rmb();
+		virt_rmb();
 	else
 		rmb();
 }
@@ -41,26 +40,10 @@ static inline void virtio_rmb(bool weak_barriers)
 static inline void virtio_wmb(bool weak_barriers)
 {
 	if (weak_barriers)
-		smp_wmb();
+		virt_wmb();
 	else
 		wmb();
 }
-#else
-static inline void virtio_mb(bool weak_barriers)
-{
-	mb();
-}
-
-static inline void virtio_rmb(bool weak_barriers)
-{
-	rmb();
-}
-
-static inline void virtio_wmb(bool weak_barriers)
-{
-	wmb();
-}
-#endif
 
 struct virtio_device;
 struct virtqueue;