diff --git a/src/bytes.rs b/src/bytes.rs
index 753bb5c44..eee0790d3 100644
--- a/src/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/bytes.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use alloc::{borrow::Borrow, boxed::Box, string::String, vec::Vec};
 use crate::buf::IntoIter;
 #[allow(unused)]
 use crate::loom::sync::atomic::AtomicMut;
-use crate::loom::sync::atomic::{self, AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use crate::loom::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use crate::Buf;
 
 /// A cheaply cloneable and sliceable chunk of contiguous memory.
@@ -1082,7 +1082,10 @@ unsafe fn release_shared(ptr: *mut Shared) {
     // > "acquire" operation before deleting the object.
     //
     // [1]: (www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/atomic/usage_examples.html)
-    atomic::fence(Ordering::Acquire);
+    //
+    // Thread sanitizer does not support atomic fences. Use an atomic load
+    // instead.
+    (*ptr).ref_cnt.load(Ordering::Acquire);
 
     // Drop the data
     Box::from_raw(ptr);
diff --git a/src/bytes_mut.rs b/src/bytes_mut.rs
index 868b955e2..af1a97570 100644
--- a/src/bytes_mut.rs
+++ b/src/bytes_mut.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::buf::{IntoIter, UninitSlice};
 use crate::bytes::Vtable;
 #[allow(unused)]
 use crate::loom::sync::atomic::AtomicMut;
-use crate::loom::sync::atomic::{self, AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use crate::loom::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use crate::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes};
 
 /// A unique reference to a contiguous slice of memory.
@@ -1287,7 +1287,10 @@ unsafe fn release_shared(ptr: *mut Shared) {
     // > "acquire" operation before deleting the object.
     //
     // [1]: (www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/atomic/usage_examples.html)
-    atomic::fence(Ordering::Acquire);
+    //
+    // Thread sanitizer does not support atomic fences. Use an atomic load
+    // instead.
+    (*ptr).ref_count.load(Ordering::Acquire);
 
     // Drop the data
     Box::from_raw(ptr);
diff --git a/src/loom.rs b/src/loom.rs
index 1cae8812e..9e6b2d5e2 100644
--- a/src/loom.rs
+++ b/src/loom.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[cfg(not(all(test, loom)))]
 pub(crate) mod sync {
     pub(crate) mod atomic {
-        pub(crate) use core::sync::atomic::{fence, AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+        pub(crate) use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
         pub(crate) trait AtomicMut<T> {
             fn with_mut<F, R>(&mut self, f: F) -> R
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub(crate) mod sync {
 #[cfg(all(test, loom))]
 pub(crate) mod sync {
     pub(crate) mod atomic {
-        pub(crate) use loom::sync::atomic::{fence, AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+        pub(crate) use loom::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
         pub(crate) trait AtomicMut<T> {}
     }