diff --git a/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.cpp b/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.cpp
index b7b03046f..27b58d621 100644
--- a/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.cpp
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ void ResourceRecord::AddResourceReferences(ResourceRecordHandler *mgr)
 
 void ResourceRecord::Delete(ResourceRecordHandler *mgr)
 {
-	RefCount--;
-	RDCASSERT(RefCount >= 0);
-	if(RefCount <= 0)
+	int32_t ref = Atomic::Dec32(&RefCount);
+	RDCASSERT(ref >= 0);
+	if(ref <= 0)
 	{
 		for(auto it = Parents.begin(); it != Parents.end(); ++it)
 			(*it)->Delete(mgr);
diff --git a/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.h b/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.h
index b60de33f4..bc8edee84 100644
--- a/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.h
+++ b/renderdoc/core/resource_manager.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ struct ResourceRecord
 			recordlist.insert(m_Chunks.begin(), m_Chunks.end());
 	}
 
-	void AddRef() { RefCount++; }	
+	void AddRef() { Atomic::Inc32(&RefCount); }	
 	int GetRefCount() const { return RefCount; }
 	void Delete(ResourceRecordHandler *mgr);
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ struct ResourceRecord
 	bool DataWritten;
 
 protected:
-	int RefCount;
+	volatile int32_t RefCount;
 
 	byte *DataPtr;
 	uint64_t DataOffset;
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_threading.cpp b/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_threading.cpp
index c4b7cb2a5..4fc1e1f68 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_threading.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_threading.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ namespace Atomic
 	{
 		return __sync_add_and_fetch(i, int32_t(1));
 	}
+	
+	int32_t Dec32(volatile int32_t *i)
+	{
+		return __sync_add_and_fetch(i, int32_t(-1));
+	}
 
 	int64_t Inc64(volatile int64_t *i)
 	{
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h b/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
index bb898d9b4..4502f35c1 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
+++ b/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ namespace Network
 namespace Atomic
 {
 	int32_t Inc32(volatile int32_t *i);
+	int32_t Dec32(volatile int32_t *i);
 	int64_t Inc64(volatile int64_t *i);
 	int64_t Dec64(volatile int64_t *i);
 	int64_t ExchAdd64(volatile int64_t *i, int64_t a);
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_threading.cpp b/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_threading.cpp
index 4b8967d51..e52ba1f46 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_threading.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_threading.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ namespace Atomic
 	{
 		return (int32_t)InterlockedIncrement((volatile LONG *)i);
 	}
+	
+	int32_t Dec32(volatile int32_t *i)
+	{
+		return (int32_t)InterlockedDecrement((volatile LONG *)i);
+	}
 
 	int64_t Inc64(volatile int64_t *i)
 	{