diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
index c99c64d..c33749f 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * Atomically reads the value of @v.  Note that the guaranteed
  * useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.
  */
-#define atomic_read(v)	((v)->counter)
+#define atomic_read(v)	(*(volatile int *)&(v)->counter)
 
 /**
  * atomic_set - set atomic variable