diff --git a/hw/audio/hda-codec.c b/hw/audio/hda-codec.c
index fc4945086b4e9342391afa44a271f5e5c88f844d..31c66d4255c642f73a7c2167cb372b2df1c5a6fe 100644
--- a/hw/audio/hda-codec.c
+++ b/hw/audio/hda-codec.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu/atomic.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "intel-hda.h"
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ static inline void hda_timer_sync_adjust(HDAAudioStream *st, int64_t target_pos)
     }
 
     trace_hda_audio_adjust(st->node->name, target_pos);
-    atomic_fetch_add(&st->buft_start, corr);
+    st->buft_start += corr;
 }
 
 static void hda_audio_input_timer(void *opaque)
@@ -218,9 +217,9 @@ static void hda_audio_input_timer(void *opaque)
 
     int64_t now = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
 
-    int64_t buft_start = atomic_fetch_add(&st->buft_start, 0);
-    int64_t wpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->wpos, 0);
-    int64_t rpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->rpos, 0);
+    int64_t buft_start = st->buft_start;
+    int64_t wpos = st->wpos;
+    int64_t rpos = st->rpos;
 
     int64_t wanted_rpos = hda_bytes_per_second(st) * (now - buft_start)
                           / NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND;
@@ -242,7 +241,7 @@ static void hda_audio_input_timer(void *opaque)
         }
         rpos += chunk;
         to_transfer -= chunk;
-        atomic_fetch_add(&st->rpos, chunk);
+        st->rpos += chunk;
     }
 
 out_timer:
@@ -256,8 +255,8 @@ static void hda_audio_input_cb(void *opaque, int avail)
 {
     HDAAudioStream *st = opaque;
 
-    int64_t wpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->wpos, 0);
-    int64_t rpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->rpos, 0);
+    int64_t wpos = st->wpos;
+    int64_t rpos = st->rpos;
 
     int64_t to_transfer = audio_MIN(B_SIZE - (wpos - rpos), avail);
 
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ static void hda_audio_input_cb(void *opaque, int avail)
         uint32_t read = AUD_read(st->voice.in, st->buf + start, chunk);
         wpos += read;
         to_transfer -= read;
-        atomic_fetch_add(&st->wpos, read);
+        st->wpos += read;
         if (chunk != read) {
             break;
         }
@@ -282,9 +281,9 @@ static void hda_audio_output_timer(void *opaque)
 
     int64_t now = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
 
-    int64_t buft_start = atomic_fetch_add(&st->buft_start, 0);
-    int64_t wpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->wpos, 0);
-    int64_t rpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->rpos, 0);
+    int64_t buft_start = st->buft_start;
+    int64_t wpos = st->wpos;
+    int64_t rpos = st->rpos;
 
     int64_t wanted_wpos = hda_bytes_per_second(st) * (now - buft_start)
                           / NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND;
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ static void hda_audio_output_timer(void *opaque)
         }
         wpos += chunk;
         to_transfer -= chunk;
-        atomic_fetch_add(&st->wpos, chunk);
+        st->wpos += chunk;
     }
 
 out_timer:
@@ -320,8 +319,8 @@ static void hda_audio_output_cb(void *opaque, int avail)
 {
     HDAAudioStream *st = opaque;
 
-    int64_t wpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->wpos, 0);
-    int64_t rpos = atomic_fetch_add(&st->rpos, 0);
+    int64_t wpos = st->wpos;
+    int64_t rpos = st->rpos;
 
     int64_t to_transfer = audio_MIN(wpos - rpos, avail);
 
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ static void hda_audio_output_cb(void *opaque, int avail)
         uint32_t written = AUD_write(st->voice.out, st->buf + start, chunk);
         rpos += written;
         to_transfer -= written;
-        atomic_fetch_add(&st->rpos, written);
+        st->rpos += written;
         if (chunk != written) {
             break;
         }