diff --git a/libc/system_properties/prop_info.cpp b/libc/system_properties/prop_info.cpp
index c3bf177..499b36a 100644
--- a/libc/system_properties/prop_info.cpp
+++ b/libc/system_properties/prop_info.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 prop_info::prop_info(const char* name, uint32_t namelen, const char* value, uint32_t valuelen) {
   memcpy(this->name, name, namelen);
   this->name[namelen] = '\0';
-  atomic_init(&this->serial, valuelen << 24);
+  atomic_store_explicit(&this->serial, valuelen << 24, memory_order_relaxed);
   memcpy(this->value, value, valuelen);
   this->value[valuelen] = '\0';
 }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   this->name[namelen] = '\0';
 
   auto error_value_len = sizeof(kLongLegacyError) - 1;
-  atomic_init(&this->serial, error_value_len << 24 | kLongFlag);
+  atomic_store_explicit(&this->serial, error_value_len << 24 | kLongFlag, memory_order_relaxed);
   memcpy(this->long_property.error_message, kLongLegacyError, sizeof(kLongLegacyError));
 
   this->long_property.offset = long_offset;