diff --git a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h b/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
index 51a166242522ab9ab9fe5d998986a3ff8637e24e..a6c024e2506f8126195c337b8ff8bc4759cb8e2c 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * on us. We need to use _exactly_ the address the user gave us,
  * not some alias that contains the same information.
  */
-typedef struct { volatile int counter; } atomic_t;
+typedef struct { int counter; } atomic_t;
 
 #define ATOMIC_INIT(i)	{ (i) }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/atomic.h b/include/asm-x86_64/atomic.h
index 007e88d6d43f9ee32e73121c8ff17d3d47047bd1..93849f7abc2480fe8f730f129ba00970d71fac2c 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/atomic.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * on us. We need to use _exactly_ the address the user gave us,
  * not some alias that contains the same information.
  */
-typedef struct { volatile int counter; } atomic_t;
+typedef struct { int counter; } atomic_t;
 
 #define ATOMIC_INIT(i)	{ (i) }