diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c b/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
index 68cdc506524b..3f86d23c592e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/idle.h>
 
 #define POLL_IDLE_TIME_LIMIT	(TICK_NSEC / 16)
+#define POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT	200
 
 static int __cpuidle poll_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 			       struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
@@ -18,9 +19,14 @@ static int __cpuidle poll_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 
 	local_irq_enable();
 	if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) {
+		unsigned int loop_count = 0;
+
 		while (!need_resched()) {
 			cpu_relax();
+			if (loop_count++ < POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT)
+				continue;
 
+			loop_count = 0;
 			if (local_clock() - time_start > POLL_IDLE_TIME_LIMIT)
 				break;
 		}