diff --git a/src/runtime/netpoll_epoll.go b/src/runtime/netpoll_epoll.go
index 7ad2c8ab35..09da662c92 100644
--- a/src/runtime/netpoll_epoll.go
+++ b/src/runtime/netpoll_epoll.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 
 	netpollBreakRd, netpollBreakWr uintptr // for netpollBreak
 
-	netpollWakeSig uint32 // used to avoid duplicate calls of netpollBreak
+	netpollWakeSig atomic.Uint32 // used to avoid duplicate calls of netpollBreak
 )
 
 func netpollinit() {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func netpollarm(pd *pollDesc, mode int) {
 // netpollBreak interrupts an epollwait.
 func netpollBreak() {
 	// Failing to cas indicates there is an in-flight wakeup, so we're done here.
-	if !atomic.Cas(&netpollWakeSig, 0, 1) {
+	if !netpollWakeSig.CompareAndSwap(0, 1) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ retry:
 				// if blocking.
 				var tmp [16]byte
 				read(int32(netpollBreakRd), noescape(unsafe.Pointer(&tmp[0])), int32(len(tmp)))
-				atomic.Store(&netpollWakeSig, 0)
+				netpollWakeSig.Store(0)
 			}
 			continue
 		}