3 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/interop_server.cc b/test/cpp/interop/interop_server.cc
index 8b50ae8c05..67456ce18b 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/interop_server.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/interop_server.cc
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void grpc::testing::interop::RunServer(
   }
   std::unique_ptr<Server> server(builder.BuildAndStart());
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Server listening on %s", server_address.str().c_str());
-  while (!g_got_sigint) {
+  while (!gpr_atm_no_barrier_load(&g_got_sigint)) {
     sleep(5);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/interop_server_bootstrap.cc b/test/cpp/interop/interop_server_bootstrap.cc
index 424f7ca7f0..99518c6943 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/interop_server_bootstrap.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/interop_server_bootstrap.cc
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
 #include "test/cpp/interop/server_helper.h"
 #include "test/cpp/util/test_config.h"
 
-bool grpc::testing::interop::g_got_sigint = false;
+gpr_atm grpc::testing::interop::g_got_sigint;
 
 static void sigint_handler(int x) {
-  grpc::testing::interop::g_got_sigint = true;
+  gpr_atm_no_barrier_store(&grpc::testing::interop::g_got_sigint, true);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/server_helper.h b/test/cpp/interop/server_helper.h
index fc4ea8b3e8..99539adee5 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/server_helper.h
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/server_helper.h
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
+#include <grpc/compression.h>
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/atm.h>
+
 #include <grpc++/security/server_credentials.h>
 #include <grpc++/server_context.h>
-#include <grpc/compression.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
 namespace testing {
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ class InteropServerContextInspector {
 
 namespace interop {
 
-extern bool g_got_sigint;
+extern gpr_atm g_got_sigint;
 void RunServer(std::shared_ptr<ServerCredentials> creds);
 
 }  // namespace interop