1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_64.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
index 72be5904e020..5f8b6a095fd8 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static inline void arch_read_unlock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
 static inline void arch_write_unlock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
 {
         __insn_mf();
-        rw->lock = 0;
+        __insn_exch4(&rw->lock, 0);  /* Avoid waiting in the write buffer. */
 }
 
 static inline int arch_read_trylock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)