diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b19195b09e..863e50c91f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ tracing-log = "0.2"
 tracing-opentelemetry = "0.30"
 typed-builder = "0.20"
 uuid = "1.3"
+portable-atomic = "1.9.0"
 
 # Aviod use of crates.io version of these crates through the tracing-opentelemetry dependencies
 [patch.crates-io]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 171296e3ef..2e79b3828c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt", "time"], optional = true }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 http = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_arch = "xtensa"))'.dependencies]
+portable-atomic = {workspace = true}
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
index 9ca9de20c1..3139e2fac7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ use core::fmt;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::mem::swap;
 use std::ops::{Add, AddAssign, DerefMut, Sub};
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI64, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "xtensa"))]
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI64, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize};
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "xtensa")]
+use portable_atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI64, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize};
+
 use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock, RwLock};
 
 pub(crate) use aggregate::{AggregateBuilder, AggregateFns, ComputeAggregation, Measure};
@@ -519,8 +526,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_add_and_get_u64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = u64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
-        atomic.add(10);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 10);
 
         let value = atomic.get_value();
         assert_eq!(value, 25);
@@ -529,7 +536,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_reset_u64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = u64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
 
         let value = atomic.get_and_reset_value();
         let value2 = atomic.get_value();
@@ -558,8 +565,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_add_and_get_i64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = i64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
-        atomic.add(-10);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, -10);
 
         let value = atomic.get_value();
         assert_eq!(value, 5);
@@ -568,7 +575,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_reset_i64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = i64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
 
         let value = atomic.get_and_reset_value();
         let value2 = atomic.get_value();
@@ -597,8 +604,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_add_and_get_f64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = f64::new_atomic_tracker(0.0);
-        atomic.add(15.3);
-        atomic.add(10.4);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15.3);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 10.4);
 
         let value = atomic.get_value();
 
@@ -608,7 +615,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_reset_f64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = f64::new_atomic_tracker(0.0);
-        atomic.add(15.5);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15.5);
 
         let value = atomic.get_and_reset_value();
         let value2 = atomic.get_value();