diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
index 142e52a8ff..736965c928 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
@@ -637,22 +637,24 @@ static AddressSpace *s390_pci_dma_iommu(PCIBus *bus, void *opaque, int devfn)
 
 static uint8_t set_ind_atomic(uint64_t ind_loc, uint8_t to_be_set)
 {
-    uint8_t ind_old, ind_new;
+    uint8_t expected, actual;
     hwaddr len = 1;
-    uint8_t *ind_addr;
+    /* avoid  multiple fetches */
+    uint8_t volatile *ind_addr;
 
     ind_addr = cpu_physical_memory_map(ind_loc, &len, true);
     if (!ind_addr) {
         s390_pci_generate_error_event(ERR_EVENT_AIRERR, 0, 0, 0, 0);
         return -1;
     }
+    actual = *ind_addr;
     do {
-        ind_old = *ind_addr;
-        ind_new = ind_old | to_be_set;
-    } while (atomic_cmpxchg(ind_addr, ind_old, ind_new) != ind_old);
-    cpu_physical_memory_unmap(ind_addr, len, 1, len);
+        expected = actual;
+        actual = atomic_cmpxchg(ind_addr, expected, expected | to_be_set);
+    } while (actual != expected);
+    cpu_physical_memory_unmap((void *)ind_addr, len, 1, len);
 
-    return ind_old;
+    return actual;
 }
 
 static void s390_msi_ctrl_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,