diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/meson.build b/modules/gui/qt/meson.build
index a65618f2121caf98b89764a887860840da600863..949ef6635d8ee87a8bb9905e553f2bc28d64d69b 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/meson.build
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/meson.build
@@ -923,9 +923,9 @@ if qt6_dep.found()
         qt_rcc_extra_arguments += '-compress-algo=zlib'
     endif
 
-    libatomic = cc.find_library('atomic', required: false)
-    if libatomic.found()
-        qt_extra_deps += cc.find_library('atomic', required: false)
+    atomic_lib = cc.find_library('atomic', required: false)
+    if atomic_lib.found()
+        qt_extra_deps += atomic_lib
         qt_extra_flags += '-DQT_HAS_LIBATOMIC'
     endif