1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 876e91890777..c622772744d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ unsigned long idle_nomwait;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_nomwait);
 
 struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep;
-static int force_mwait __cpuinitdata;
 
 int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
 {
@@ -185,7 +184,8 @@ static void mwait_idle(void)
 static void poll_idle(void)
 {
         local_irq_enable();
-        cpu_relax();
+        while (!need_resched())
+                cpu_relax();
 }
 
 /*