diff --git a/src/interpreter.c b/src/interpreter.c
index c4de34da37ce9..8b1b005349d9d 100644
--- a/src/interpreter.c
+++ b/src/interpreter.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static jl_value_t *eval_body(jl_array_t *stmts, interpreter_state *s, size_t ip,
             s->locals[n - 1] = NULL;
         }
         else if (toplevel && jl_is_linenode(stmt)) {
-            jl_lineno = jl_linenode_line(stmt);
+            jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, jl_linenode_line(stmt));
         }
         else {
             eval_stmt_value(stmt, s);
diff --git a/src/julia_internal.h b/src/julia_internal.h
index c87f2cd648098..5534c0e9df90c 100644
--- a/src/julia_internal.h
+++ b/src/julia_internal.h
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ extern _Atomic(jl_typemap_entry_t*) call_cache[N_CALL_CACHE] JL_GLOBALLY_ROOTED;
 
 void free_stack(void *stkbuf, size_t bufsz) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 
-JL_DLLEXPORT extern int jl_lineno;
-JL_DLLEXPORT extern const char *jl_filename;
+JL_DLLEXPORT extern _Atomic(int) jl_lineno;
+JL_DLLEXPORT extern _Atomic(const char *) jl_filename;
 
 jl_value_t *jl_gc_small_alloc_noinline(jl_ptls_t ptls, int offset,
                                    int osize);
diff --git a/src/method.c b/src/method.c
index a04035086df90..028c8c056e7ec 100644
--- a/src/method.c
+++ b/src/method.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_code_info_t *jl_code_for_staged(jl_method_instance_t *mi, size_t
     jl_code_instance_t *ci = NULL;
     JL_GC_PUSH5(&ex, &func, &uninferred, &ci, &kind);
     jl_task_t *ct = jl_current_task;
-    int last_lineno = jl_lineno;
+    int last_lineno = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_lineno);
     int last_in = ct->ptls->in_pure_callback;
     size_t last_age = ct->world_age;
 
@@ -818,12 +818,12 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_code_info_t *jl_code_for_staged(jl_method_instance_t *mi, size_t
         }
 
         ct->ptls->in_pure_callback = last_in;
-        jl_lineno = last_lineno;
+        jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, last_lineno);
         ct->world_age = last_age;
     }
     JL_CATCH {
         ct->ptls->in_pure_callback = last_in;
-        jl_lineno = last_lineno;
+        jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, last_lineno);
         jl_rethrow();
     }
     JL_GC_POP();
diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
index 03d82c66fbf51..0b11fde28aa12 100644
--- a/src/module.c
+++ b/src/module.c
@@ -1145,8 +1145,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_is_imported(jl_module_t *m, jl_sym_t *var)
     return b && jl_binding_kind(bpart) == PARTITION_KIND_IMPORTED;
 }
 
-extern const char *jl_filename;
-extern int jl_lineno;
+extern _Atomic(const char *) jl_filename;
+extern _Atomic(int) jl_lineno;
 
 static char const dep_message_prefix[] = "_dep_message_";
 
@@ -1868,8 +1868,8 @@ void jl_binding_deprecation_warning(jl_binding_t *b)
     jl_binding_dep_message(b);
 
     if (jl_options.depwarn != JL_OPTIONS_DEPWARN_ERROR) {
-        if (jl_lineno != 0) {
-            jl_printf(JL_STDERR, "  likely near %s:%d\n", jl_filename, jl_lineno);
+        if (jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_lineno) != 0) {
+            jl_printf(JL_STDERR, "  likely near %s:%d\n", jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_filename), jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_lineno));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/signal-handling.c b/src/signal-handling.c
index 6e19028ca7940..70299104d751e 100644
--- a/src/signal-handling.c
+++ b/src/signal-handling.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ void jl_critical_error(int sig, int si_code, bt_context_t *context, jl_task_t *c
         else
             jl_safe_printf("\n[%d] signal %d: %s\n", getpid(), sig, strsignal(sig));
     }
-    jl_safe_printf("in expression starting at %s:%d\n", jl_filename, jl_lineno);
+    jl_safe_printf("in expression starting at %s:%d\n", jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_filename), jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_lineno));
     if (context && ct) {
         // Must avoid extended backtrace frames here unless we're sure bt_data
         // is properly rooted.
diff --git a/src/toplevel.c b/src/toplevel.c
index 4628842619d05..ff5aabec748ec 100644
--- a/src/toplevel.c
+++ b/src/toplevel.c
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 // current line number in a file
-JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_lineno = 0; // need to update jl_critical_error if this is TLS
+JL_DLLEXPORT _Atomic(int) jl_lineno = 0; // need to update jl_critical_error if this is TLS
 // current file name
-JL_DLLEXPORT const char *jl_filename = "none"; // need to update jl_critical_error if this is TLS
+JL_DLLEXPORT _Atomic(const char *) jl_filename = "none"; // need to update jl_critical_error if this is TLS
 
 htable_t jl_current_modules;
 jl_mutex_t jl_modules_mutex;
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_toplevel_eval_flex(jl_module_t *JL_NONNULL m, jl_val
                 *toplevel_filename = jl_symbol_name((jl_sym_t*)file);
             }
             // Not thread safe. For debugging and last resort error messages (jl_critical_error) only.
-            jl_filename = *toplevel_filename;
-            jl_lineno = *toplevel_lineno;
+            jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_filename, *toplevel_filename);
+            jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, *toplevel_lineno);
             return jl_nothing;
         }
         return jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_in(m, e, NULL, NULL);
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_toplevel_eval_flex(jl_module_t *JL_NONNULL m, jl_val
 
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_toplevel_eval(jl_module_t *m, jl_value_t *v)
 {
-    const char *filename = jl_filename;
-    int lineno = jl_lineno;
+    const char *filename = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_filename);
+    int lineno = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_lineno);
     return jl_toplevel_eval_flex(m, v, 1, 0, &filename, &lineno);
 }
 
@@ -819,23 +819,23 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_toplevel_eval_in(jl_module_t *m, jl_value_t *ex)
 {
     jl_check_top_level_effect(m, "eval");
     jl_value_t *v = NULL;
-    int last_lineno = jl_lineno;
-    const char *last_filename = jl_filename;
+    int last_lineno = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_lineno);
+    const char *last_filename = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_filename);
     jl_task_t *ct = jl_current_task;
-    jl_lineno = 1;
-    jl_filename = "none";
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, 1);
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_filename, "none");
     size_t last_age = ct->world_age;
     JL_TRY {
         ct->world_age = jl_atomic_load_acquire(&jl_world_counter);
         v = jl_toplevel_eval(m, ex);
     }
     JL_CATCH {
-        jl_lineno = last_lineno;
-        jl_filename = last_filename;
+        jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, last_lineno);
+        jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_filename, last_filename);
         jl_rethrow();
     }
-    jl_lineno = last_lineno;
-    jl_filename = last_filename;
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, last_lineno);
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_filename, last_filename);
     ct->world_age = last_age;
     assert(v);
     return v;
@@ -867,12 +867,12 @@ static jl_value_t *jl_parse_eval_all(jl_module_t *module, jl_value_t *text,
     }
 
     jl_task_t *ct = jl_current_task;
-    int last_lineno = jl_lineno;
-    const char *last_filename = jl_filename;
+    int last_lineno = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_lineno);
+    const char *last_filename = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&jl_filename);
     int lineno = 0;
-    jl_lineno = 0;
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, 0);
     const char *filename_str = jl_string_data(filename);
-    jl_filename = filename_str;
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_filename, filename_str);
 
     JL_TRY {
         size_t last_age = ct->world_age;
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static jl_value_t *jl_parse_eval_all(jl_module_t *module, jl_value_t *text,
             if (jl_is_linenode(expression)) {
                 // filename is already set above.
                 lineno = jl_linenode_line(expression);
-                jl_lineno = lineno;
+                jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, lineno);
                 continue;
             }
             expression = jl_svecref(jl_lower(expression, module, jl_string_data(filename), lineno, ~(size_t)0, 1), 0);
@@ -893,16 +893,16 @@ static jl_value_t *jl_parse_eval_all(jl_module_t *module, jl_value_t *text,
     }
     JL_CATCH {
         result = jl_box_long(lineno); // (ab)use result to root error line
-        jl_lineno = last_lineno;
-        jl_filename = last_filename;
+        jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, last_lineno);
+        jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_filename, last_filename);
         if (jl_loaderror_type == NULL)
             jl_rethrow();
         else
             jl_rethrow_other(jl_new_struct(jl_loaderror_type, filename, result,
                                            jl_current_exception(ct)));
     }
-    jl_lineno = last_lineno;
-    jl_filename = last_filename;
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_lineno, last_lineno);
+    jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&jl_filename, last_filename);
     JL_GC_POP();
     return result;
 }