1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 876e91890777..ec7a2ba9bce8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ static void mwait_idle(void)
 static void poll_idle(void)
 {
         local_irq_enable();
-        cpu_relax();
+        while (!need_resched())
+                cpu_relax();
 }
 
 /*