diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cd620901525515..2b629395e60086 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -448,7 +448,8 @@ int main() {
 
 check_cxx_source_compiles("
 int main() {
-        __atomic_load_8(nullptr, 0);
+        int test;
+        __atomic_load_n(&test, 0);
         return 0;
 }
 " HAVE_BUILTIN_ATOMICS)