diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.cpp
index fdef4214622..4eb11f6d8f6 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "gc/g1/g1HeapRegionPrinter.hpp"
 #include "gc/g1/g1RemSetTrackingPolicy.hpp"
 #include "logging/log.hpp"
-#include "runtime/atomicAccess.hpp"
 #include "runtime/mutexLocker.hpp"
 
 struct G1UpdateRegionLivenessAndSelectForRebuildTask::G1OnRegionClosure : public G1HeapRegionClosure {
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ void G1UpdateRegionLivenessAndSelectForRebuildTask::work(uint worker_id) {
   G1OnRegionClosure on_region_cl(_g1h, _cm, &local_cleanup_list);
   _g1h->heap_region_par_iterate_from_worker_offset(&on_region_cl, &_hrclaimer, worker_id);
 
-  AtomicAccess::add(&_total_selected_for_rebuild, on_region_cl._num_selected_for_rebuild);
+  _total_selected_for_rebuild.add_then_fetch(on_region_cl._num_selected_for_rebuild);
 
   // Update the old/humongous region sets
   _g1h->remove_from_old_gen_sets(on_region_cl._num_old_regions_removed,
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.hpp
index 161f0b4b9f5..a256693ff1d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMarkRemarkTasks.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "gc/g1/g1HeapRegionManager.hpp"
 #include "gc/g1/g1HeapRegionSet.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/workerThread.hpp"
+#include "runtime/atomic.hpp"
 
 class G1CollectedHeap;
 class G1ConcurrentMark;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class G1UpdateRegionLivenessAndSelectForRebuildTask : public WorkerTask {
   G1ConcurrentMark* _cm;
   G1HeapRegionClaimer _hrclaimer;
 
-  uint volatile _total_selected_for_rebuild;
+  Atomic<uint> _total_selected_for_rebuild;
 
   // Reclaimed empty regions
   G1FreeRegionList _cleanup_list;
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ public:
 
   void work(uint worker_id) override;
 
-  uint total_selected_for_rebuild() const { return _total_selected_for_rebuild; }
+  uint total_selected_for_rebuild() const {
+    return _total_selected_for_rebuild.load_relaxed();
+  }
 
   static uint desired_num_workers(uint num_regions);
 };