diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
index 16dd1e6b7c09..246da8fe199e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
@@ -576,11 +576,8 @@ static int compute_real(int n)
 static int
 rcu_perf_shutdown(void *arg)
 {
-	do {
-		wait_event(shutdown_wq,
-			   atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >=
-			   nrealwriters);
-	} while (atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) < nrealwriters);
+	wait_event(shutdown_wq,
+		   atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >= nrealwriters);
 	smp_mb(); /* Wake before output. */
 	rcu_perf_cleanup();
 	kernel_power_off();
@@ -693,11 +690,8 @@ kfree_perf_cleanup(void)
 static int
 kfree_perf_shutdown(void *arg)
 {
-	do {
-		wait_event(shutdown_wq,
-			   atomic_read(&n_kfree_perf_thread_ended) >=
-			   kfree_nrealthreads);
-	} while (atomic_read(&n_kfree_perf_thread_ended) < kfree_nrealthreads);
+	wait_event(shutdown_wq,
+		   atomic_read(&n_kfree_perf_thread_ended) >= kfree_nrealthreads);
 
 	smp_mb(); /* Wake before output. */