1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/apic.h b/include/asm-x86_64/apic.h
index 9d43ac8519bf..9c96a0a8d1bd 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/apic.h
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ static __inline unsigned int apic_read(unsigned long reg)
 
 static __inline__ void apic_wait_icr_idle(void)
 {
-        while ( apic_read( APIC_ICR ) & APIC_ICR_BUSY );
+        while (apic_read( APIC_ICR ) & APIC_ICR_BUSY)
+                cpu_relax();
 }
 
 static inline void ack_APIC_irq(void)