diff --git a/source/libs/monitorfw/inc/taos_metric_sample_t.h b/source/libs/monitorfw/inc/taos_metric_sample_t.h
index 3aa9b7bb99..fd796978b3 100644
--- a/source/libs/monitorfw/inc/taos_metric_sample_t.h
+++ b/source/libs/monitorfw/inc/taos_metric_sample_t.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 
 #define DOUBLE_ATOMIC
 
+#ifdef DOUBLE_ATOMIC
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+#endif
+
 struct taos_metric_sample {
   taos_metric_type_t type; /**< type is the metric type for the sample */
   char *l_value;           /**< l_value is the full metric name and label set represeted as a string */
diff --git a/source/libs/monitorfw/src/taos_metric_sample.c b/source/libs/monitorfw/src/taos_metric_sample.c
index 04a6045e76..1ee699fe2b 100644
--- a/source/libs/monitorfw/src/taos_metric_sample.c
+++ b/source/libs/monitorfw/src/taos_metric_sample.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include "taos_metric_sample_i.h"
 #include "taos_metric_sample_t.h"
 
-#define DOUBLE_ATOMIC
-
 #ifdef DOUBLE_ATOMIC
 #include <stdatomic.h>
 #else