diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index 694a3913cacf4..213698c754bb3 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ function _unsetindex!(A::Array{T}, i::Int) where {T}
     t = @_gc_preserve_begin A
     p = Ptr{Ptr{Cvoid}}(pointer(A, i))
     if !allocatedinline(T)
-        unsafe_store!(p, C_NULL)
+        Intrinsics.atomic_pointerset(p, C_NULL, :monotonic)
     elseif T isa DataType
         if !datatype_pointerfree(T)
-            for j = 1:(Core.sizeof(T) ÷ Core.sizeof(Ptr{Cvoid}))
-                unsafe_store!(p, C_NULL, j)
+            for j = 1:Core.sizeof(Ptr{Cvoid}):Core.sizeof(T)
+                Intrinsics.atomic_pointerset(p + j - 1, C_NULL, :monotonic)
             end
         end
     end
diff --git a/src/array.c b/src/array.c
index ae89087502627..0b582296774b5 100644
--- a/src/array.c
+++ b/src/array.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_arrayunset(jl_array_t *a, size_t i)
     if (i >= jl_array_len(a))
         jl_bounds_error_int((jl_value_t*)a, i + 1);
     if (a->flags.ptrarray)
-        jl_atomic_store_release(((_Atomic(jl_value_t*)*)a->data) + i, NULL);
+        jl_atomic_store_relaxed(((_Atomic(jl_value_t*)*)a->data) + i, NULL);
     else if (a->flags.hasptr) {
         size_t elsize = a->elsize;
         jl_assume(elsize >= sizeof(void*) && elsize % sizeof(void*) == 0);
diff --git a/src/datatype.c b/src/datatype.c
index 6e71c6573c91f..ae1e3029aa0e1 100644
--- a/src/datatype.c
+++ b/src/datatype.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_typename_t *jl_new_typename_in(jl_sym_t *name, jl_module_t *modu
     tn->name = name;
     tn->module = module;
     tn->wrapper = NULL;
-    jl_atomic_store_release(&tn->Typeofwrapper, NULL);
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&tn->Typeofwrapper, NULL);
     jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&tn->cache, jl_emptysvec);
     jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&tn->linearcache, jl_emptysvec);
     tn->names = NULL;