diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
index 927de859dd..334fa1064a 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
@@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@ QRhiShaderResourceBinding QRhiShaderResourceBinding::uniformBuffer(
 {
     QRhiShaderResourceBinding b;
     QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate *d = QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate::get(&b);
-    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.load() == 1);
+    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.loadRelaxed() == 1);
     d->binding = binding;
     d->stage = stage;
     d->type = UniformBuffer;
@@ -2639,7 +2639,7 @@ QRhiShaderResourceBinding QRhiShaderResourceBinding::sampledTexture(
 {
     QRhiShaderResourceBinding b;
     QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate *d = QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate::get(&b);
-    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.load() == 1);
+    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.loadRelaxed() == 1);
     d->binding = binding;
     d->stage = stage;
     d->type = SampledTexture;
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ QRhiShaderResourceBinding QRhiShaderResourceBinding::imageLoad(
 {
     QRhiShaderResourceBinding b;
     QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate *d = QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate::get(&b);
-    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.load() == 1);
+    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.loadRelaxed() == 1);
     d->binding = binding;
     d->stage = stage;
     d->type = ImageLoad;
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ QRhiShaderResourceBinding QRhiShaderResourceBinding::bufferLoad(
 {
     QRhiShaderResourceBinding b;
     QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate *d = QRhiShaderResourceBindingPrivate::get(&b);
-    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.load() == 1);
+    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.loadRelaxed() == 1);
     d->binding = binding;
     d->stage = stage;
     d->type = BufferLoad;
diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qshader.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qshader.cpp
index 4676ec3f5b..9098180f69 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qshader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qshader.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ QShader QShader::fromSerialized(const QByteArray &data)
 
     QShader bs;
     QShaderPrivate *d = QShaderPrivate::get(&bs);
-    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.load() == 1); // must be detached
+    Q_ASSERT(d->ref.loadRelaxed() == 1); // must be detached
     int intVal;
     ds >> intVal;
     if (intVal != QSB_VERSION)