diff --git a/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h b/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h
index 13713c82e0..9470e8e50b 100644
--- a/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h
+++ b/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef AVUTIL_ATOMIC_GCC_H
 #define AVUTIL_ATOMIC_GCC_H
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 #include "atomic.h"
 
 #define avpriv_atomic_int_get atomic_int_get_gcc
@@ -47,7 +49,13 @@ static inline int atomic_int_add_and_fetch_gcc(volatile int *ptr, int inc)
 static inline void *atomic_ptr_cas_gcc(void * volatile *ptr,
                                        void *oldval, void *newval)
 {
+#ifdef __ARMCC_VERSION
+    // armcc will throw an error if ptr is not an integer type
+    volatile uintptr_t *tmp = (volatile uintptr_t*)ptr;
+    return (void*)__sync_val_compare_and_swap(tmp, oldval, newval);
+#else
     return __sync_val_compare_and_swap(ptr, oldval, newval);
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif /* AVUTIL_ATOMIC_GCC_H */