diff --git a/services/audioflinger/StateQueue.cpp b/services/audioflinger/StateQueue.cpp
index 7e01c9f..40d7bcd 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/StateQueue.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/StateQueue.cpp
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@
 // Constructor and destructor
 
 template<typename T> StateQueue<T>::StateQueue() :
-    mNext(NULL), mAck(NULL), mCurrent(NULL),
+    mAck(NULL), mCurrent(NULL),
     mMutating(&mStates[0]), mExpecting(NULL),
     mInMutation(false), mIsDirty(false), mIsInitialized(false)
 #ifdef STATE_QUEUE_DUMP
     , mObserverDump(&mObserverDummyDump), mMutatorDump(&mMutatorDummyDump)
 #endif
 {
+    atomic_init(&mNext, 0);
 }
 
 template<typename T> StateQueue<T>::~StateQueue()
@@ -58,11 +59,8 @@
 
 template<typename T> const T* StateQueue<T>::poll()
 {
-#ifdef __LP64__
-    const T *next = (const T *) android_atomic_acquire_load64((volatile int64_t *) &mNext);
-#else
-    const T *next = (const T *) android_atomic_acquire_load((volatile int32_t *) &mNext);
-#endif
+    const T *next = (const T *) atomic_load_explicit(&mNext, memory_order_acquire);
+
     if (next != mCurrent) {
         mAck = next;    // no additional barrier needed
         mCurrent = next;
@@ -144,11 +142,7 @@
         }
 
         // publish
-#ifdef __LP64__
-        android_atomic_release_store64((int64_t) mMutating, (volatile int64_t *) &mNext);
-#else
-        android_atomic_release_store((int32_t) mMutating, (volatile int32_t *) &mNext);
-#endif
+        atomic_store_explicit(&mNext, (uintptr_t)mMutating, memory_order_release);
         mExpecting = mMutating;
 
         // copy with circular wraparound