diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/atomic.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/atomic.hpp
index b8960fd796b76..0c335913b5c2b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/atomic.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/atomic.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define SHARE_RUNTIME_ATOMIC_HPP
 
 #include "cppstdlib/type_traits.hpp"
-#include "metaprogramming/enableIf.hpp"
 #include "metaprogramming/primitiveConversions.hpp"
 #include "runtime/atomicAccess.hpp"
 #include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
@@ -89,8 +88,12 @@
 // value will be initialized as if by translating the value that would be
 // provided by default constructing an atomic type for the value type's
 // decayed type.
-
-// (3) Atomic pointers and atomic integers additionally provide
+//
+// (3) Constructors for all atomic types are constexpr, to ensure non-local
+// atomic variables are constant initialized (C++17 6.6.2) when initialized
+// with suitable arguments.
+//
+// (4) Atomic pointers and atomic integers additionally provide
 //
 //   member functions:
 //     v.add_then_fetch(i [, o]) -> T
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@
 // type of i must be signed, or both must be unsigned. Atomic pointers perform
 // element arithmetic.
 //
-// (4) Atomic integers additionally provide
+// (5) Atomic integers additionally provide
 //
 //   member functions:
 //     v.and_then_fetch(x [, o]) -> T
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@
 //     v.fetch_then_or(x [, o]) -> T
 //     v.fetch_then_xor(x [, o]) -> T
 //
-// (5) Atomic pointers additionally provide
+// (6) Atomic pointers additionally provide
 //
 //   nested types:
 //     ElementType -> std::remove_pointer_t<T>
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ class AtomicImpl::CommonCore {
   T volatile _value;
 
 protected:
-  explicit CommonCore(T value) : _value(value) {}
+  explicit constexpr CommonCore(T value) : _value(value) {}
   ~CommonCore() = default;
 
   T volatile* value_ptr() { return &_value; }
@@ -290,7 +293,7 @@ class AtomicImpl::SupportsArithmetic : public CommonCore<T> {
   }
 
 protected:
-  explicit SupportsArithmetic(T value) : CommonCore<T>(value) {}
+  explicit constexpr SupportsArithmetic(T value) : CommonCore<T>(value) {}
   ~SupportsArithmetic() = default;
 
 public:
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ class AtomicImpl::Atomic<T, AtomicImpl::Category::Integer>
   : public SupportsArithmetic<T>
 {
 public:
-  explicit Atomic(T value = 0) : SupportsArithmetic<T>(value) {}
+  explicit constexpr Atomic(T value = 0) : SupportsArithmetic<T>(value) {}
 
   NONCOPYABLE(Atomic);
 
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ class AtomicImpl::Atomic<T, AtomicImpl::Category::Byte>
   : public CommonCore<T>
 {
 public:
-  explicit Atomic(T value = 0) : CommonCore<T>(value) {}
+  explicit constexpr Atomic(T value = 0) : CommonCore<T>(value) {}
 
   NONCOPYABLE(Atomic);
 
@@ -389,7 +392,7 @@ class AtomicImpl::Atomic<T, AtomicImpl::Category::Pointer>
   : public SupportsArithmetic<T>
 {
 public:
-  explicit Atomic(T value = nullptr) : SupportsArithmetic<T>(value) {}
+  explicit constexpr Atomic(T value = nullptr) : SupportsArithmetic<T>(value) {}
 
   NONCOPYABLE(Atomic);
 
@@ -410,12 +413,21 @@ class AtomicImpl::Atomic<T, AtomicImpl::Category::Translated> {
 
   Atomic<Decayed> _value;
 
-  static Decayed decay(T x) { return Translator::decay(x); }
+  // The decay function and the constructors are constexpr so that a non-local
+  // atomic object constructed with constant arguments will be a constant
+  // initialization.  One might ask why it's not a problem that some
+  // specializations of these functions are not constant expressions. The
+  // answer lies in C++17 10.1.5/6, along with us having *some* constexpr
+  // translator decay functions, constexpr ctors for some translated types,
+  // and constexpr ctors for some decayed types.  Also, C++23 removes those
+  // restrictions on constexpr functions and ctors.
+
+  static constexpr Decayed decay(T x) { return Translator::decay(x); }
   static T recover(Decayed x) { return Translator::recover(x); }
 
   // Support for default construction via the default construction of _value.
   struct UseDecayedCtor {};
-  explicit Atomic(UseDecayedCtor) : _value() {}
+  explicit constexpr Atomic(UseDecayedCtor) : _value() {}
   using DefaultCtorSelect =
     std::conditional_t<std::is_default_constructible_v<T>, T, UseDecayedCtor>;
 
@@ -424,9 +436,9 @@ class AtomicImpl::Atomic<T, AtomicImpl::Category::Translated> {
 
   // If T is default constructible, construct from a default constructed T.
   // Otherwise, default construct the underlying Atomic<Decayed>.
-  Atomic() : Atomic(DefaultCtorSelect()) {}
+  constexpr Atomic() : Atomic(DefaultCtorSelect()) {}
 
-  explicit Atomic(T value) : _value(decay(value)) {}
+  explicit constexpr Atomic(T value) : _value(decay(value)) {}
 
   NONCOPYABLE(Atomic);