1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/lockref.c b/lib/lockref.c
index 7819c2d1d315..9d76f404ce9a 100644
--- a/lib/lockref.c
+++ b/lib/lockref.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
                 if (likely(old.lock_count == prev.lock_count)) {                \
                         SUCCESS;                                                \
                 }                                                               \
+                cpu_relax();                                                    \
         }                                                                       \
 } while (0)