1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index 598cdc7c7adc..d712b23974ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
@@ -315,10 +315,17 @@ static void get_output_lock(void)
                 if (last_speaker == 0)
                         return;
 
-                timeout = 10000000;
+                /*
+                 * Wait a full second for the lock, we might be on a slow
+                 * console, but check every 100us.
+                 */
+                timeout = 10000;
                 while (xmon_speaker == last_speaker) {
-                        if (--timeout > 0)
+                        if (--timeout > 0) {
+                                udelay(100);
                                 continue;
+                        }
+
                         /* hostile takeover */
                         prev = cmpxchg(&xmon_speaker, last_speaker, me);
                         if (prev == last_speaker)