diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
index c85e96d174a5..fc9682bfe002 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -26,9 +26,28 @@
  * The memory barriers are implicit with the load-acquire and store-release
  * instructions.
  */
+static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	unsigned int tmp;
+	arch_spinlock_t lockval;
 
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(lock) \
-	do { while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock)) cpu_relax(); } while (0)
+	asm volatile(
+"	sevl\n"
+"1:	wfe\n"
+"2:	ldaxr	%w0, %2\n"
+"	eor	%w1, %w0, %w0, ror #16\n"
+"	cbnz	%w1, 1b\n"
+	ARM64_LSE_ATOMIC_INSN(
+	/* LL/SC */
+"	stxr	%w1, %w0, %2\n"
+"	cbnz	%w1, 2b\n", /* Serialise against any concurrent lockers */
+	/* LSE atomics */
+"	nop\n"
+"	nop\n")
+	: "=&r" (lockval), "=&r" (tmp), "+Q" (*lock)
+	:
+	: "memory");
+}
 
 #define arch_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) arch_spin_lock(lock)