diff --git a/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h b/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h
index dbd7167a..091540d6 100644
--- a/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h
+++ b/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ namespace etl
     // Pre-increment
     T* operator ++()
     {
-      return (T*)__sync_add_and_fetch(&value, sizeof(T));
+      return (T*)__sync_add_and_fetch(&(volatile void*)value, sizeof(T));
     }
 
     T* operator ++() volatile