diff --git a/libc/bionic/recvmsg.cpp b/libc/bionic/recvmsg.cpp
index 003f43d..4d3f989 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/recvmsg.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/recvmsg.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 static inline __attribute__((artificial)) __attribute__((always_inline)) void track_fds(
     struct msghdr* msg, const char* function_name) {
-  if (!__android_fdtrack_hook) {
+  if (!atomic_load(&__android_fdtrack_hook)) {
     return;
   }