diff --git a/src/redis-benchmark.c b/src/redis-benchmark.c
index 8e38265f2..4722b84aa 100644
--- a/src/redis-benchmark.c
+++ b/src/redis-benchmark.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static client createClient(char *cmd, size_t len, client from, int thread_id) {
     if (config.idlemode == 0)
         aeCreateFileEvent(el,c->context->fd,AE_WRITABLE,writeHandler,c);
     listAddNodeTail(config.clients,c);
-    config.liveclients++;
+    atomicIncr(config.liveclients, 1);
     return c;
 }