diff --git a/include/pmacc/nvidia/atomic.hpp b/include/pmacc/nvidia/atomic.hpp
index 88c9be9f034..5ea11a49764 100644
--- a/include/pmacc/nvidia/atomic.hpp
+++ b/include/pmacc/nvidia/atomic.hpp
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ T atomicAllInc(T *ptr)
 #ifdef __CUDA_ARCH__
     return atomicAllInc(alpaka::atomic::AtomicCudaBuiltIn(), ptr, ::alpaka::hierarchy::Grids());
 #else
-   // assume that we can use stl atomics if we are not on gpu
-    return atomicAllInc(alpaka::atomic::AtomicStlLock<16>(), ptr, ::alpaka::hierarchy::Grids());
+    // assume that we can use the standard library atomics if we are not on gpu
+    return atomicAllInc(alpaka::atomic::AtomicStdLibLock<16>(), ptr, ::alpaka::hierarchy::Grids());
 #endif
 }