diff --git a/src/runtime/mgc.go b/src/runtime/mgc.go
index 56ef1c4e384..6f8463c2536 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mgc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mgc.go
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ func gcSweep(mode gcMode) {
 	mheap_.pagesSwept.Store(0)
 	mheap_.sweepArenas = mheap_.allArenas
 	mheap_.reclaimIndex.Store(0)
-	mheap_.reclaimCredit = 0
+	mheap_.reclaimCredit.Store(0)
 	unlock(&mheap_.lock)
 
 	sweep.centralIndex.clear()
diff --git a/src/runtime/mgcsweep.go b/src/runtime/mgcsweep.go
index aedd6c316e2..9c7f9d340d2 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mgcsweep.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mgcsweep.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func sweepone() uintptr {
 				// Whole span was freed. Count it toward the
 				// page reclaimer credit since these pages can
 				// now be used for span allocation.
-				atomic.Xadduintptr(&mheap_.reclaimCredit, npages)
+				mheap_.reclaimCredit.Add(npages)
 			} else {
 				// Span is still in-use, so this returned no
 				// pages to the heap and the span needs to
diff --git a/src/runtime/mheap.go b/src/runtime/mheap.go
index fc86023f4db..0e7694aab77 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mheap.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mheap.go
@@ -124,13 +124,12 @@ type mheap struct {
 	// If this is >= 1<<63, the page reclaimer is done scanning
 	// the page marks.
 	reclaimIndex atomic.Uint64
+
 	// reclaimCredit is spare credit for extra pages swept. Since
 	// the page reclaimer works in large chunks, it may reclaim
 	// more than requested. Any spare pages released go to this
 	// credit pool.
-	//
-	// This is accessed atomically.
-	reclaimCredit uintptr
+	reclaimCredit atomic.Uintptr
 
 	// arenas is the heap arena map. It points to the metadata for
 	// the heap for every arena frame of the entire usable virtual
@@ -754,13 +753,13 @@ func (h *mheap) reclaim(npage uintptr) {
 	locked := false
 	for npage > 0 {
 		// Pull from accumulated credit first.
-		if credit := atomic.Loaduintptr(&h.reclaimCredit); credit > 0 {
+		if credit := h.reclaimCredit.Load(); credit > 0 {
 			take := credit
 			if take > npage {
 				// Take only what we need.
 				take = npage
 			}
-			if atomic.Casuintptr(&h.reclaimCredit, credit, credit-take) {
+			if h.reclaimCredit.CompareAndSwap(credit, credit-take) {
 				npage -= take
 			}
 			continue
@@ -786,7 +785,7 @@ func (h *mheap) reclaim(npage uintptr) {
 			npage -= nfound
 		} else {
 			// Put spare pages toward global credit.
-			atomic.Xadduintptr(&h.reclaimCredit, nfound-npage)
+			h.reclaimCredit.Add(nfound - npage)
 			npage = 0
 		}
 	}