diff --git a/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c b/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
index 1a902834c..3ae7647c6 100644
--- a/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
+++ b/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ SDL_AtomicCAS(SDL_atomic_t *a, int oldval, int newval)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_MSC_ATOMICS
     return (_InterlockedCompareExchange((long*)&a->value, (long)newval, (long)oldval) == (long)oldval);
-#elif defined(__MACOSX__)  /* !!! FIXME: should we favor gcc atomics? */
-    return (SDL_bool) OSAtomicCompareAndSwap32Barrier(oldval, newval, &a->value);
 #elif defined(HAVE_GCC_ATOMICS)
     return (SDL_bool) __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&a->value, oldval, newval);
+#elif defined(__MACOSX__)  /* this is deprecated in 10.12 sdk; favor gcc atomics. */
+    return (SDL_bool) OSAtomicCompareAndSwap32Barrier(oldval, newval, &a->value);
 #elif defined(__SOLARIS__) && defined(_LP64)
     return (SDL_bool) ((int) atomic_cas_64((volatile uint64_t*)&a->value, (uint64_t)oldval, (uint64_t)newval) == oldval);
 #elif defined(__SOLARIS__) && !defined(_LP64)
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ SDL_AtomicCASPtr(void **a, void *oldval, void *newval)
     return (_InterlockedCompareExchange((long*)a, (long)newval, (long)oldval) == (long)oldval);
 #elif defined(HAVE_MSC_ATOMICS) && (!_M_IX86)
     return (_InterlockedCompareExchangePointer(a, newval, oldval) == oldval);
-#elif defined(__MACOSX__) && defined(__LP64__)   /* !!! FIXME: should we favor gcc atomics? */
-    return (SDL_bool) OSAtomicCompareAndSwap64Barrier((int64_t)oldval, (int64_t)newval, (int64_t*) a);
-#elif defined(__MACOSX__) && !defined(__LP64__)  /* !!! FIXME: should we favor gcc atomics? */
-    return (SDL_bool) OSAtomicCompareAndSwap32Barrier((int32_t)oldval, (int32_t)newval, (int32_t*) a);
 #elif defined(HAVE_GCC_ATOMICS)
     return __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(a, oldval, newval);
+#elif defined(__MACOSX__) && defined(__LP64__)  /* this is deprecated in 10.12 sdk; favor gcc atomics. */
+    return (SDL_bool) OSAtomicCompareAndSwap64Barrier((int64_t)oldval, (int64_t)newval, (int64_t*) a);
+#elif defined(__MACOSX__) && !defined(__LP64__)  /* this is deprecated in 10.12 sdk; favor gcc atomics. */
+    return (SDL_bool) OSAtomicCompareAndSwap32Barrier((int32_t)oldval, (int32_t)newval, (int32_t*) a);
 #elif defined(__SOLARIS__)
     return (SDL_bool) (atomic_cas_ptr(a, oldval, newval) == oldval);
 #elif EMULATE_CAS