diff --git a/io/channel-tls.c b/io/channel-tls.c
index 388f019977..2ae1b92fc0 100644
--- a/io/channel-tls.c
+++ b/io/channel-tls.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "io/channel-tls.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "qemu/atomic.h"
 
 
 static ssize_t qio_channel_tls_write_handler(const char *buf,
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ static ssize_t qio_channel_tls_readv(QIOChannel *ioc,
                     return QIO_CHANNEL_ERR_BLOCK;
                 }
             } else if (errno == ECONNABORTED &&
-                       (tioc->shutdown & QIO_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_READ)) {
+                       (qatomic_load_acquire(&tioc->shutdown) &
+                        QIO_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_READ)) {
                 return 0;
             }
 
@@ -361,7 +363,7 @@ static int qio_channel_tls_shutdown(QIOChannel *ioc,
 {
     QIOChannelTLS *tioc = QIO_CHANNEL_TLS(ioc);
 
-    tioc->shutdown |= how;
+    qatomic_or(&tioc->shutdown, how);
 
     return qio_channel_shutdown(tioc->master, how, errp);
 }