diff --git a/zephyr/include/sof/atomic.h b/zephyr/include/sof/atomic.h
index c5a3d764a695..ceab603b3cb4 100644
--- a/zephyr/include/sof/atomic.h
+++ b/zephyr/include/sof/atomic.h
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
 
 #include <sys/atomic.h>
 
-#define atomic_read	atomic_get
-#define atomic_init	atomic_set
+/* Zephyr commit 174cb7f9f183 switched 'atomic_t' from 'int' to
+ * 'long'. As we don't support 64 bits, this should have made no
+ * difference but in reality it broke printk("%d / %ld",...)  The no-op
+ * cast to 'long' below provides a transition by making it possible to
+ * compile SOF both before _and_ after the Zephyr switch.
+ */
+#define atomic_read(p)		((long)atomic_get(p))
+#define atomic_init(p, v)	atomic_set(p, v)
 
 #endif