diff --git a/clientv3/ordering/kv.go b/clientv3/ordering/kv.go
index 8e4d848133d5..e8bf07b8c741 100644
--- a/clientv3/ordering/kv.go
+++ b/clientv3/ordering/kv.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package ordering
 import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/clientv3"
 )
@@ -29,25 +28,25 @@ type kvOrdering struct {
 	clientv3.KV
 	orderViolationFunc OrderViolationFunc
 	prevRev            int64
+	revMu              sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 func NewKV(kv clientv3.KV, orderViolationFunc OrderViolationFunc) *kvOrdering {
-	return &kvOrdering{kv, orderViolationFunc, 0}
+	return &kvOrdering{kv, orderViolationFunc, 0, sync.RWMutex{}}
 }
 
 func (kv *kvOrdering) getPrevRev() int64 {
-	return atomic.LoadInt64(&kv.prevRev)
+	kv.revMu.RLock()
+	defer kv.revMu.RUnlock()
+	return kv.prevRev
 }
 
 func (kv *kvOrdering) setPrevRev(currRev int64) {
-	for {
-		prevRev := kv.getPrevRev()
-		if prevRev > currRev {
-			return
-		}
-		if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt64(&kv.prevRev, prevRev, currRev) {
-			return
-		}
+	prevRev := kv.getPrevRev()
+	kv.revMu.Lock()
+	defer kv.revMu.Unlock()
+	if currRev > prevRev {
+		kv.prevRev = currRev
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/clientv3/ordering/kv_test.go b/clientv3/ordering/kv_test.go
index b367d91fca81..b923cab3de46 100644
--- a/clientv3/ordering/kv_test.go
+++ b/clientv3/ordering/kv_test.go
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ func TestKvOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}(tt.response),
 			tt.prevRev,
+			sync.RWMutex{},
 		}
 		res, err := kv.Get(nil, "mockKey")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ func TestTxnOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}(tt.response),
 			tt.prevRev,
+			sync.RWMutex{},
 		}
 		txn := &txnOrdering{
 			kv.Txn(context.Background()),