diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/atomic/asm_wasm.s b/src/runtime/internal/atomic/asm_wasm.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c33cb1ee9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/atomic/asm_wasm.s
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "textflag.h"
+
+TEXT runtime∕internal∕atomic·StorepNoWB(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-16
+	MOVD ptr+0(FP), R0
+	MOVD val+8(FP), 0(R0)
+	RET
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/atomic/atomic_wasm.go b/src/runtime/internal/atomic/atomic_wasm.go
index 9037c2f7c87..2c0c3a81740 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/atomic/atomic_wasm.go
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/atomic/atomic_wasm.go
@@ -153,14 +153,11 @@ func Store64(ptr *uint64, val uint64) {
 	*ptr = val
 }
 
-//go:notinheap
-type noWB struct{}
-
-//go:noinline
-//go:nosplit
-func StorepNoWB(ptr unsafe.Pointer, val unsafe.Pointer) {
-	*(**noWB)(ptr) = (*noWB)(val)
-}
+// StorepNoWB performs *ptr = val atomically and without a write
+// barrier.
+//
+// NO go:noescape annotation; see atomic_pointer.go.
+func StorepNoWB(ptr unsafe.Pointer, val unsafe.Pointer)
 
 //go:nosplit
 //go:noinline