diff --git a/accounts/keystore/keystore_test.go b/accounts/keystore/keystore_test.go
index 6f0527ef8785d..deb7cae9f9e18 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/keystore_test.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/keystore_test.go
@@ -397,19 +397,19 @@ func TestImportRace(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to export account: %v", acc)
 	}
 	_, ks2 := tmpKeyStore(t, true)
-	var atom uint32
+	var atom atomic.Uint32
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(2)
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			if _, err := ks2.Import(json, "new", "new"); err != nil {
-				atomic.AddUint32(&atom, 1)
+				atom.Add(1)
 			}
 		}()
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
-	if atom != 1 {
+	if atom.Load() != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Import is racy")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/accounts/usbwallet/hub.go b/accounts/usbwallet/hub.go
index 2139967228f58..e67942dbc1072 100644
--- a/accounts/usbwallet/hub.go
+++ b/accounts/usbwallet/hub.go
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ type Hub struct {
 	stateLock sync.RWMutex // Protects the internals of the hub from racey access
 
 	// TODO(karalabe): remove if hotplug lands on Windows
-	commsPend int        // Number of operations blocking enumeration
-	commsLock sync.Mutex // Lock protecting the pending counter and enumeration
-	enumFails uint32     // Number of times enumeration has failed
+	commsPend int           // Number of operations blocking enumeration
+	commsLock sync.Mutex    // Lock protecting the pending counter and enumeration
+	enumFails atomic.Uint32 // Number of times enumeration has failed
 }
 
 // NewLedgerHub creates a new hardware wallet manager for Ledger devices.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (hub *Hub) refreshWallets() {
 		return
 	}
 	// If USB enumeration is continually failing, don't keep trying indefinitely
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&hub.enumFails) > 2 {
+	if hub.enumFails.Load() > 2 {
 		return
 	}
 	// Retrieve the current list of USB wallet devices
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (hub *Hub) refreshWallets() {
 	}
 	infos, err := usb.Enumerate(hub.vendorID, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		failcount := atomic.AddUint32(&hub.enumFails, 1)
+		failcount := hub.enumFails.Add(1)
 		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 			// See rationale before the enumeration why this is needed and only on Linux.
 			hub.commsLock.Unlock()
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (hub *Hub) refreshWallets() {
 			"vendor", hub.vendorID, "failcount", failcount, "err", err)
 		return
 	}
-	atomic.StoreUint32(&hub.enumFails, 0)
+	hub.enumFails.Store(0)
 
 	for _, info := range infos {
 		for _, id := range hub.productIDs {