diff --git a/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa/concurrent_table.hpp b/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa/concurrent_table.hpp
index 4333a474..e3facda7 100644
--- a/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa/concurrent_table.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa/concurrent_table.hpp
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ private:
   static void wait_for_epochs()
   {
     for(std::size_t i=0;i<epochs.size();++i){
-      auto e=epochs[i].load(std::memory_order_acquire),
+      auto e=epochs[i].load(std::memory_order_relaxed),
            e1=e|1u;
       while(e==e1){
         e=epochs[i].load(std::memory_order_relaxed);