diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
index 0bc6e7b04d67..3afc376be42d 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/atomic.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,15 @@ pub fn store<Ordering: ordering::ReleaseOrRelaxed>(&self, v: T, _: Ordering) {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: AtomicType + core::fmt::Debug> core::fmt::Debug for Atomic<T>
+where
+    T::Repr: AtomicBasicOps,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        core::fmt::Debug::fmt(&self.load(Relaxed), f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: AtomicType> Atomic<T>
 where
     T::Repr: AtomicExchangeOps,