diff --git a/src/bytes.rs b/src/bytes.rs
index 08bc9b3..79a09f3 100644
--- a/src/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/bytes.rs
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ const KIND_VEC: usize = 0b1;
 const KIND_MASK: usize = 0b1;
 
 unsafe fn shared_clone(data: &AtomicPtr<()>, ptr: *const u8, len: usize) -> Bytes {
-    let shared = data.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    let shared = data.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
     shallow_clone_arc(shared as _, ptr, len)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bytes_mut.rs b/src/bytes_mut.rs
index 4d0585e..802745e 100644
--- a/src/bytes_mut.rs
+++ b/src/bytes_mut.rs
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ static SHARED_VTABLE: Vtable = Vtable {
 };
 
 unsafe fn shared_v_clone(data: &AtomicPtr<()>, ptr: *const u8, len: usize) -> Bytes {
-    let shared = data.load(Ordering::Acquire) as *mut Shared;
+    let shared = data.load(Ordering::Relaxed) as *mut Shared;
     increment_shared(shared);
 
     let data = AtomicPtr::new(shared as _);