diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/inst_queue_impl.hh b/src/cpu/o3/inst_queue_impl.hh
index c3e3fdf..f3362f2 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/inst_queue_impl.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/inst_queue_impl.hh
@@ -1262,7 +1262,6 @@
 
             bool is_acq_rel = squashed_inst->isMemBarrier() &&
                          (squashed_inst->isLoad() ||
-                          squashed_inst->isAtomic() ||
                           (squashed_inst->isStore() &&
                              !squashed_inst->isStoreConditional()));