diff --git a/Include/cpython/pyatomic.h b/Include/cpython/pyatomic.h
index ce23e13bf3838c..7a783058c173aa 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/pyatomic.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/pyatomic.h
@@ -506,15 +506,23 @@ static inline void _Py_atomic_fence_release(void);
 // --- aliases ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #if SIZEOF_LONG == 8
-# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong _Py_atomic_load_uint64
-# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong_relaxed _Py_atomic_load_uint64_relaxed
-# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong _Py_atomic_store_uint64
-# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong_relaxed _Py_atomic_store_uint64_relaxed
+# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong(p) \
+    _Py_atomic_load_uint64((uint64_t *)p)
+# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong_relaxed(p) \
+    _Py_atomic_load_uint64_relaxed((uint64_t *)p)
+# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong(p, v) \
+    _Py_atomic_store_uint64((uint64_t *)p, v)
+# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong_relaxed(p, v) \
+    _Py_atomic_store_uint64_relaxed((uint64_t *)p, v)
 #elif SIZEOF_LONG == 4
-# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong _Py_atomic_load_uint32
-# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong_relaxed _Py_atomic_load_uint32_relaxed
-# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong _Py_atomic_store_uint32
-# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong_relaxed _Py_atomic_store_uint32_relaxed
+# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong(p) \
+    _Py_atomic_load_uint32((uint32_t *)p)
+# define _Py_atomic_load_ulong_relaxed(p) \
+    _Py_atomic_load_uint32_relaxed((uint32_t *)p)
+# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong(p, v) \
+    _Py_atomic_store_uint32((uint32_t *)p, v)
+# define _Py_atomic_store_ulong_relaxed(p, v) \
+    _Py_atomic_store_uint32_relaxed((uint32_t *)p, v)
 #else
 # error "long must be 4 or 8 bytes in size"
 #endif  // SIZEOF_LONG