diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.cpp
index dbb7949755..9c77f961dc 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ void Monitor::finishUnlock() {
       return;
     }
 
+    // A StoreLoad barrier is required to make sure the onDeck_ store is published before
+    // the contendersList_ micro-lock check.
+    std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_seq_cst);
+
     // We do not have an on-deck thread (semaphore == NULL). Return if
     // the contention list is empty or if the lock got acquired again.
     head = contendersList_;
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.hpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.hpp
index 7581d13778..c89ec287aa 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.hpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/thread/monitor.hpp
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ inline void Monitor::unlock() {
   while (!contendersList_.compare_exchange_weak(ptr, ptr & ~kLockBit, std::memory_order_acq_rel,
                                                 std::memory_order_acquire))
     ;
+
+  // A StoreLoad barrier is required to make sure future loads do not happen before the
+  // contendersList_ store is published.
+  std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_seq_cst);
+
   //
   // We succeeded the CAS from locked to unlocked.
   // This is the end of the critical region.