diff --git a/uvloop/cbhandles.pyx b/uvloop/cbhandles.pyx
index 2914b42e..00070816 100644
--- a/uvloop/cbhandles.pyx
+++ b/uvloop/cbhandles.pyx
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ cdef class Handle:
     cdef inline _set_loop(self, Loop loop):
         self.loop = loop
         if UVLOOP_DEBUG:
-            loop._debug_cb_handles_total += 1
-            loop._debug_cb_handles_count += 1
+            system.__atomic_fetch_add(
+                &loop._debug_cb_handles_total, 1, system.__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
+            system.__atomic_fetch_add(
+                &loop._debug_cb_handles_count, 1, system.__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
         if loop._debug:
             self._source_traceback = extract_stack()
 
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ cdef class Handle:
 
     def __dealloc__(self):
         if UVLOOP_DEBUG and self.loop is not None:
-            self.loop._debug_cb_handles_count -= 1
+            system.__atomic_fetch_sub(
+                &self.loop._debug_cb_handles_count, 1, system.__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
         if self.loop is None:
             raise RuntimeError('Handle.loop is None in Handle.__dealloc__')
 
@@ -174,8 +177,10 @@ cdef class TimerHandle:
         self._cancelled = 0
 
         if UVLOOP_DEBUG:
-            self.loop._debug_cb_timer_handles_total += 1
-            self.loop._debug_cb_timer_handles_count += 1
+            system.__atomic_fetch_add(
+                &self.loop._debug_cb_timer_handles_total, 1, system.__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
+            system.__atomic_fetch_add(
+                &self.loop._debug_cb_timer_handles_count, 1, system.__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
 
         if context is None:
             context = Context_CopyCurrent()
@@ -205,7 +210,8 @@ cdef class TimerHandle:
 
     def __dealloc__(self):
         if UVLOOP_DEBUG:
-            self.loop._debug_cb_timer_handles_count -= 1
+            system.__atomic_fetch_sub(
+                &self.loop._debug_cb_timer_handles_count, 1, system.__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
         if self.timer is not None:
             raise RuntimeError('active TimerHandle is deallacating')
 
diff --git a/uvloop/includes/system.pxd b/uvloop/includes/system.pxd
index 367fedd1..89d0e327 100644
--- a/uvloop/includes/system.pxd
+++ b/uvloop/includes/system.pxd
@@ -94,3 +94,11 @@ cdef extern from "includes/fork_handler.h":
     void setForkHandler(OnForkHandler handler)
     void resetForkHandler()
     void setMainThreadID(uint64_t id)
+
+
+cdef extern from * nogil:
+    uint64_t __atomic_fetch_add(uint64_t *ptr, uint64_t val, int memorder)
+    uint64_t __atomic_fetch_sub(uint64_t *ptr, uint64_t val, int memorder)
+
+    cdef enum:
+        __ATOMIC_RELAXED