diff --git a/db/memtable.cc b/db/memtable.cc
index 51b54d636..58683e2f6 100644
--- a/db/memtable.cc
+++ b/db/memtable.cc
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ InternalIterator* MemTable::NewIterator(const ReadOptions& read_options,
 
 FragmentedRangeTombstoneIterator* MemTable::NewRangeTombstoneIterator(
     const ReadOptions& read_options, SequenceNumber read_seq) {
-  if (read_options.ignore_range_deletions || is_range_del_table_empty_) {
+  if (read_options.ignore_range_deletions ||
+      is_range_del_table_empty_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) {
     return nullptr;
   }
   auto* unfragmented_iter = new MemTableIterator(
@@ -563,8 +564,8 @@ bool MemTable::Add(SequenceNumber s, ValueType type,
         !first_seqno_.compare_exchange_weak(cur_earliest_seqno, s)) {
     }
   }
-  if (is_range_del_table_empty_ && type == kTypeRangeDeletion) {
-    is_range_del_table_empty_ = false;
+  if (type == kTypeRangeDeletion) {
+    is_range_del_table_empty_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
   }
   UpdateOldestKeyTime();
   return true;
diff --git a/db/memtable.h b/db/memtable.h
index aac09af40..93a4a3ea5 100644
--- a/db/memtable.h
+++ b/db/memtable.h
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class MemTable {
   ConcurrentArena arena_;
   std::unique_ptr<MemTableRep> table_;
   std::unique_ptr<MemTableRep> range_del_table_;
-  bool is_range_del_table_empty_;
+  std::atomic_bool is_range_del_table_empty_;
 
   // Total data size of all data inserted
   std::atomic<uint64_t> data_size_;