diff --git a/test/testatomic.c b/test/testatomic.c
index 15a7a6a7d..e7ea33fb5 100644
--- a/test/testatomic.c
+++ b/test/testatomic.c
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ static void RunEpicTest()
     v = SDL_AtomicGet(&good);
     SDL_Log("Atomic %d Non-Atomic %d\n", v, bad);
     SDL_assert(v == Expect);
-    SDL_assert(bad != Expect);
+    /* We can't guarantee that bad != Expect, this would happen on a single core system, for example. */
+    /*SDL_assert(bad != Expect);*/
 }
 
 /* End atomic operation test */