diff --git a/core/vm/evm.go b/core/vm/evm.go
index d78ea07926..0084e4ca51 100644
--- a/core/vm/evm.go
+++ b/core/vm/evm.go
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ type EVM struct {
 	// used throughout the execution of the tx.
 	interpreter *EVMInterpreter
 	// abort is used to abort the EVM calling operations
-	// NOTE: must be set atomically
-	abort int32
+	abort atomic.Bool
 	// callGasTemp holds the gas available for the current call. This is needed because the
 	// available gas is calculated in gasCall* according to the 63/64 rule and later
 	// applied in opCall*.
@@ -147,12 +146,12 @@ func (evm *EVM) Reset(txCtx TxContext, statedb StateDB) {
 // Cancel cancels any running EVM operation. This may be called concurrently and
 // it's safe to be called multiple times.
 func (evm *EVM) Cancel() {
-	atomic.StoreInt32(&evm.abort, 1)
+	evm.abort.Store(true)
 }
 
 // Cancelled returns true if Cancel has been called
 func (evm *EVM) Cancelled() bool {
-	return atomic.LoadInt32(&evm.abort) == 1
+	return evm.abort.Load()
 }
 
 // Interpreter returns the current interpreter
diff --git a/core/vm/instructions.go b/core/vm/instructions.go
index 77b6e02bfc..21d8cc215a 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package vm
 
 import (
-	"sync/atomic"
-
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@@ -531,7 +529,7 @@ func opSstore(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeContext) ([]b
 }
 
 func opJump(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeContext) ([]byte, error) {
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&interpreter.evm.abort) != 0 {
+	if interpreter.evm.abort.Load() {
 		return nil, errStopToken
 	}
 	pos := scope.Stack.pop()
@@ -543,7 +541,7 @@ func opJump(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeContext) ([]byt
 }
 
 func opJumpi(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeContext) ([]byte, error) {
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&interpreter.evm.abort) != 0 {
+	if interpreter.evm.abort.Load() {
 		return nil, errStopToken
 	}
 	pos, cond := scope.Stack.pop(), scope.Stack.pop()