diff --git a/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u16.rs b/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u16.rs
index 32ae349c33f..a9bdcb573c6 100644
--- a/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u16.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u16.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ impl AtomicU16 {
     /// All mutations must have happened before the unsynchronized load.
     /// Additionally, there must be no concurrent mutations.
     pub(crate) unsafe fn unsync_load(&self) -> u16 {
-        // See <https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/6155>
-        self.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
+        core::ptr::read(self.inner.get() as *const u16)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u32.rs b/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u32.rs
index c34ca940f8a..004bd9d75f7 100644
--- a/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u32.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_u32.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ impl AtomicU32 {
     /// All mutations must have happened before the unsynchronized load.
     /// Additionally, there must be no concurrent mutations.
     pub(crate) unsafe fn unsync_load(&self) -> u32 {
-        // See <https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/6155>
-        self.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
+        core::ptr::read(self.inner.get() as *const u32)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_usize.rs b/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_usize.rs
index f88cc4bf727..0dee481b68e 100644
--- a/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_usize.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/loom/std/atomic_usize.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ impl AtomicUsize {
     /// All mutations must have happened before the unsynchronized load.
     /// Additionally, there must be no concurrent mutations.
     pub(crate) unsafe fn unsync_load(&self) -> usize {
-        // See <https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/6155>
-        self.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
+        core::ptr::read(self.inner.get() as *const usize)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn with_mut<R>(&mut self, f: impl FnOnce(&mut usize) -> R) -> R {