diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_data.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_data.cu
index 396cd487771..c58d0746665 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_data.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_data.cu
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ __global__ void __launch_bounds__(decode_block_size)
                     device_span<ColumnChunkDesc const> chunks,
                     size_t min_row,
                     size_t num_rows,
-                    int* error_code)
+                    int32_t* error_code)
 {
   __shared__ __align__(16) page_state_s state_g;
   __shared__ __align__(16)
@@ -602,8 +602,10 @@ __global__ void __launch_bounds__(decode_block_size)
     }
     __syncthreads();
   }
-
-  if (!t and s->error != 0) { atomicOr(error_code, s->error); }
+  if (!t and s->error != 0) {
+    cuda::atomic_ref<int32_t, cuda::thread_scope_device> ref{*error_code};
+    ref.store(s->error, cuda::std::memory_order_relaxed);
+  }
 }
 
 struct mask_tform {
@@ -629,7 +631,7 @@ void __host__ DecodePageData(cudf::detail::hostdevice_vector<PageInfo>& pages,
                              size_t num_rows,
                              size_t min_row,
                              int level_type_size,
-                             int* error_code,
+                             int32_t* error_code,
                              rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
 {
   CUDF_EXPECTS(pages.size() > 0, "There is no page to decode");
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_delta_decode.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_delta_decode.cu
index af0904f3893..b512f2a775a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_delta_decode.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_delta_decode.cu
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ __global__ void __launch_bounds__(96)
                        device_span<ColumnChunkDesc const> chunks,
                        size_t min_row,
                        size_t num_rows,
-                       int* error_code)
+                       int32_t* error_code)
 {
   using cudf::detail::warp_size;
   __shared__ __align__(16) delta_binary_decoder db_state;
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ __global__ void __launch_bounds__(96)
     __syncthreads();
   }
 
-  if (!t and s->error != 0) { atomicOr(error_code, s->error); }
+  if (!t and s->error != 0) {
+    cuda::atomic_ref<int32_t, cuda::thread_scope_device> ref{*error_code};
+    ref.store(s->error, cuda::std::memory_order_relaxed);
+  }
 }
 
 }  // anonymous namespace
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ void __host__ DecodeDeltaBinary(cudf::detail::hostdevice_vector<PageInfo>& pages
                                 size_t num_rows,
                                 size_t min_row,
                                 int level_type_size,
-                                int* error_code,
+                                int32_t* error_code,
                                 rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
 {
   CUDF_EXPECTS(pages.size() > 0, "There is no page to decode");
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_string_decode.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_string_decode.cu
index c150938bdba..192979f082a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_string_decode.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_string_decode.cu
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ __global__ void __launch_bounds__(decode_block_size)
                           device_span<ColumnChunkDesc const> chunks,
                           size_t min_row,
                           size_t num_rows,
-                          int* error_code)
+                          int32_t* error_code)
 {
   __shared__ __align__(16) page_state_s state_g;
   __shared__ __align__(4) size_type last_offset;
@@ -748,7 +748,10 @@ __global__ void __launch_bounds__(decode_block_size)
   auto const offptr = reinterpret_cast<size_type*>(nesting_info_base[leaf_level_index].data_out);
   block_excl_sum<decode_block_size>(offptr, value_count, s->page.str_offset);
 
-  if (!t and s->error != 0) { atomicOr(error_code, s->error); }
+  if (!t and s->error != 0) {
+    cuda::atomic_ref<int32_t, cuda::thread_scope_device> ref{*error_code};
+    ref.store(s->error, cuda::std::memory_order_relaxed);
+  }
 }
 
 }  // anonymous namespace
@@ -782,7 +785,7 @@ void __host__ DecodeStringPageData(cudf::detail::hostdevice_vector<PageInfo>& pa
                                    size_t num_rows,
                                    size_t min_row,
                                    int level_type_size,
-                                   int* error_code,
+                                   int32_t* error_code,
                                    rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
 {
   CUDF_EXPECTS(pages.size() > 0, "There is no page to decode");
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet_gpu.hpp b/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet_gpu.hpp
index a528a297328..73a8d08e5c2 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet_gpu.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet_gpu.hpp
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ void DecodePageData(cudf::detail::hostdevice_vector<PageInfo>& pages,
                     size_t num_rows,
                     size_t min_row,
                     int level_type_size,
-                    int* error_code,
+                    int32_t* error_code,
                     rmm::cuda_stream_view stream);
 
 /**
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void DecodeStringPageData(cudf::detail::hostdevice_vector<PageInfo>& pages,
                           size_t num_rows,
                           size_t min_row,
                           int level_type_size,
-                          int* error_code,
+                          int32_t* error_code,
                           rmm::cuda_stream_view stream);
 
 /**
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ void DecodeDeltaBinary(cudf::detail::hostdevice_vector<PageInfo>& pages,
                        size_t num_rows,
                        size_t min_row,
                        int level_type_size,
-                       int* error_code,
+                       int32_t* error_code,
                        rmm::cuda_stream_view stream);
 
 /**
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cpp b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cpp
index fecc1acca45..0ae57d0d038 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void reader::impl::decode_page_data(size_t skip_rows, size_t num_rows)
   chunk_nested_valids.host_to_device_async(_stream);
   chunk_nested_data.host_to_device_async(_stream);
 
-  rmm::device_scalar<int> error_code(0, _stream);
+  rmm::device_scalar<int32_t> error_code(0, _stream);
 
   // get the number of streams we need from the pool and tell them to wait on the H2D copies
   int const nkernels = std::bitset<32>(kernel_mask).count();