diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.cpp
index aed768b9db1..434f3f86a9a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ private:
   uint                    _nworkers;
   ShenandoahHeapRegion**  _coalesce_and_fill_region_array;
   uint                    _coalesce_and_fill_region_count;
-  volatile bool           _is_preempted;
+  Atomic<bool>            _is_preempted;
 
 public:
   ShenandoahConcurrentCoalesceAndFillTask(uint nworkers,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public:
 
       if (!r->oop_coalesce_and_fill(true)) {
         // Coalesce and fill has been preempted
-        AtomicAccess::store(&_is_preempted, true);
+        _is_preempted.store_relaxed(true);
         return;
       }
     }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public:
 
   // Value returned from is_completed() is only valid after all worker thread have terminated.
   bool is_completed() {
-    return !AtomicAccess::load(&_is_preempted);
+    return !_is_preempted.load_relaxed();
   }
 };
 
@@ -147,23 +147,23 @@ void ShenandoahOldGeneration::augment_promoted_reserve(size_t increment) {
 
 void ShenandoahOldGeneration::reset_promoted_expended() {
   shenandoah_assert_heaplocked_or_safepoint();
-  AtomicAccess::store(&_promoted_expended, static_cast<size_t>(0));
-  AtomicAccess::store(&_promotion_failure_count, static_cast<size_t>(0));
-  AtomicAccess::store(&_promotion_failure_words, static_cast<size_t>(0));
+  _promoted_expended.store_relaxed(0);
+  _promotion_failure_count.store_relaxed(0);
+  _promotion_failure_words.store_relaxed(0);
 }
 
 size_t ShenandoahOldGeneration::expend_promoted(size_t increment) {
   shenandoah_assert_heaplocked_or_safepoint();
   assert(get_promoted_expended() + increment <= get_promoted_reserve(), "Do not expend more promotion than budgeted");
-  return AtomicAccess::add(&_promoted_expended, increment);
+  return _promoted_expended.add_then_fetch(increment);
 }
 
 size_t ShenandoahOldGeneration::unexpend_promoted(size_t decrement) {
-  return AtomicAccess::sub(&_promoted_expended, decrement);
+  return _promoted_expended.sub_then_fetch(decrement);
 }
 
 size_t ShenandoahOldGeneration::get_promoted_expended() const {
-  return AtomicAccess::load(&_promoted_expended);
+  return _promoted_expended.load_relaxed();
 }
 
 bool ShenandoahOldGeneration::can_allocate(const ShenandoahAllocRequest &req) const {
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ void ShenandoahOldGeneration::handle_failed_evacuation() {
 }
 
 void ShenandoahOldGeneration::handle_failed_promotion(Thread* thread, size_t size) {
-  AtomicAccess::inc(&_promotion_failure_count);
-  AtomicAccess::add(&_promotion_failure_words, size);
+  _promotion_failure_count.add_then_fetch(static_cast<size_t>(1));
+  _promotion_failure_words.and_then_fetch(size);
 
   LogTarget(Debug, gc, plab) lt;
   LogStream ls(lt);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.hpp
index 633d2c9f617..5ebad461f3c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahOldGeneration.hpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ private:
   // is therefore always accessed through atomic operations. This is increased when a
   // PLAB is allocated for promotions. The value is decreased by the amount of memory
   // remaining in a PLAB when it is retired.
-  size_t _promoted_expended;
+  Atomic<size_t> _promoted_expended;
 
   // Represents the quantity of live bytes we expect to promote during the next GC cycle, either by
   // evacuation or by promote-in-place.  This value is used by the young heuristic to trigger mixed collections.
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ private:
 
   // Keep track of the number and size of promotions that failed. Perhaps we should use this to increase
   // the size of the old generation for the next collection cycle.
-  size_t _promotion_failure_count;
-  size_t _promotion_failure_words;
+  Atomic<size_t> _promotion_failure_count;
+  Atomic<size_t> _promotion_failure_words;
 
   // During construction of the collection set, we keep track of regions that are eligible
   // for promotion in place. These fields track the count of those humongous and regular regions.
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ public:
   size_t get_promoted_expended() const;
 
   // Return the count and size (in words) of failed promotions since the last reset
-  size_t get_promotion_failed_count() const { return AtomicAccess::load(&_promotion_failure_count); }
-  size_t get_promotion_failed_words() const { return AtomicAccess::load(&_promotion_failure_words); }
+  size_t get_promotion_failed_count() const { return _promotion_failure_count.load_relaxed(); }
+  size_t get_promotion_failed_words() const { return _promotion_failure_words.load_relaxed(); }
 
   // Test if there is enough memory reserved for this promotion
   bool can_promote(size_t requested_bytes) const {