diff --git a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/accessor.hpp b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/accessor.hpp
index 7b0acee21a3ff..7da9b76704bad 100755
--- a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/accessor.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/accessor.hpp
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ class accessor_common {
   constexpr static bool IsAccessReadWrite =
       AccessMode == access::mode::read_write;
 
+  constexpr static bool IsAccessAtomic = AccessMode == access::mode::atomic;
+
   using RefType = detail::const_if_const_AS<AS, DataT> &;
   using ConstRefType = const DataT &;
   using PtrType = detail::const_if_const_AS<AS, DataT> *;
@@ -325,6 +327,14 @@ class accessor_common {
       return MAccessor[MIDs];
     }
 
+    template <int CurDims = SubDims>
+    typename detail::enable_if_t<CurDims == 1 && IsAccessAtomic,
+                                 atomic<DataT, AS>>
+    operator[](size_t Index) const {
+      MIDs[Dims - CurDims] = Index;
+      return MAccessor[MIDs];
+    }
+
     template <int CurDims = SubDims,
               typename = detail::enable_if_t<CurDims == 1 && IsAccessReadOnly>>
     ConstRefType operator[](size_t Index) const {