diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
index c268788fd..8b566aecd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <rte_ethdev_driver.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev_pci.h>
 #include <rte_tcp.h>
-#include <rte_atomic.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
 #include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_version.h>
@@ -902,10 +901,14 @@ static void ena_stats_restart(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct ena_adapter *adapter = dev->data->dev_private;
 
-	rte_atomic64_init(&adapter->drv_stats->ierrors);
-	rte_atomic64_init(&adapter->drv_stats->oerrors);
-	rte_atomic64_init(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_nombuf);
-	rte_atomic64_init(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_drops);
+	__atomic_store_n(&adapter->drv_stats->ierrors, 1,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	__atomic_store_n(&adapter->drv_stats->oerrors, 1,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	__atomic_store_n(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_nombuf, 1,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	__atomic_store_n(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_drops, 1,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 }
 
 static int ena_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
@@ -939,10 +942,14 @@ static int ena_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 					ena_stats.tx_bytes_low);
 
 	/* Driver related stats */
-	stats->imissed = rte_atomic64_read(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_drops);
-	stats->ierrors = rte_atomic64_read(&adapter->drv_stats->ierrors);
-	stats->oerrors = rte_atomic64_read(&adapter->drv_stats->oerrors);
-	stats->rx_nombuf = rte_atomic64_read(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_nombuf);
+	stats->imissed = __atomic_load_n(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_drops,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	stats->ierrors = __atomic_load_n(&adapter->drv_stats->ierrors,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	stats->oerrors = __atomic_load_n(&adapter->drv_stats->oerrors,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	stats->rx_nombuf = __atomic_load_n(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_nombuf,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 
 	max_rings_stats = RTE_MIN(dev->data->nb_rx_queues,
 		RTE_ETHDEV_QUEUE_STAT_CNTRS);
@@ -1376,7 +1383,8 @@ static int ena_populate_rx_queue(struct ena_ring *rxq, unsigned int count)
 	/* get resources for incoming packets */
 	rc = rte_mempool_get_bulk(rxq->mb_pool, (void **)mbufs, count);
 	if (unlikely(rc < 0)) {
-		rte_atomic64_inc(&rxq->adapter->drv_stats->rx_nombuf);
+		__atomic_add_fetch(&rxq->adapter->drv_stats->rx_nombuf, 1,
+				__ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 		++rxq->rx_stats.mbuf_alloc_fail;
 		PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "there are no enough free buffers");
 		return 0;
@@ -2074,7 +2082,9 @@ static uint16_t eth_ena_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 
 		if (unlikely(mbuf_head->ol_flags &
 				(PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD))) {
-			rte_atomic64_inc(&rx_ring->adapter->drv_stats->ierrors);
+			__atomic_add_fetch
+				(&rx_ring->adapter->drv_stats->ierrors,
+				1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 			++rx_ring->rx_stats.bad_csum;
 		}
 
@@ -2214,7 +2224,8 @@ static int ena_check_and_linearize_mbuf(struct ena_ring *tx_ring,
 	rc = rte_pktmbuf_linearize(mbuf);
 	if (unlikely(rc)) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Mbuf linearize failed\n");
-		rte_atomic64_inc(&tx_ring->adapter->drv_stats->ierrors);
+		__atomic_add_fetch(&tx_ring->adapter->drv_stats->ierrors,
+			       1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 		++tx_ring->tx_stats.linearize_failed;
 		return rc;
 	}
@@ -2682,7 +2693,8 @@ static void ena_keep_alive(void *adapter_data,
 
 	desc = (struct ena_admin_aenq_keep_alive_desc *)aenq_e;
 	rx_drops = ((uint64_t)desc->rx_drops_high << 32) | desc->rx_drops_low;
-	rte_atomic64_set(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_drops, rx_drops);
+	__atomic_store_n(&adapter->drv_stats->rx_drops, rx_drops,
+		       __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h
index af5eeea28..e7d39c09f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ enum ena_adapter_state {
 };
 
 struct ena_driver_stats {
-	rte_atomic64_t ierrors;
-	rte_atomic64_t oerrors;
-	rte_atomic64_t rx_nombuf;
-	rte_atomic64_t rx_drops;
+	uint64_t ierrors;
+	uint64_t oerrors;
+	uint64_t rx_nombuf;
+	uint64_t rx_drops;
 };
 
 struct ena_stats_dev {
