Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/channel.hfa
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--- libcfa/src/concurrency/channel.hfa	(revision fece3d9aa36b07fac614e36fe2949b233e218114)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/channel.hfa	(revision c5a2c96fd79c6bb06fe6f095e292106b4aedb3eb)
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@
     if ( size != 0 ) delete( buffer );
 }
-static inline size_t get_count( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return count; }
+static inline size_t get_count( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return __atomic_load_n( &count, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST); }
 static inline size_t get_size( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return size; }
 static inline bool has_waiters( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return !cons`isEmpty || !prods`isEmpty; }