diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 393d1874b9e0..ce2f75e32ae1 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
 	 * sequentiality; this is because not all clear_pending_set_locked()
 	 * implementations imply full barriers.
 	 */
-	while ((val = smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter)) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
-		cpu_relax();
+	smp_cond_acquire(!(atomic_read(&lock->val) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK));
 
 	/*
 	 * take ownership and clear the pending bit.
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ queue:
 	 *
 	 * The PV pv_wait_head_or_lock function, if active, will acquire
 	 * the lock and return a non-zero value. So we have to skip the
-	 * smp_load_acquire() call. As the next PV queue head hasn't been
+	 * smp_cond_acquire() call. As the next PV queue head hasn't been
 	 * designated yet, there is no way for the locked value to become
 	 * _Q_SLOW_VAL. So both the set_locked() and the
 	 * atomic_cmpxchg_relaxed() calls will be safe.
@@ -466,7 +465,7 @@ locked:
 			break;
 		}
 		/*
-		 * The smp_load_acquire() call above has provided the necessary
+		 * The smp_cond_acquire() call above has provided the necessary
 		 * acquire semantics required for locking. At most two
 		 * iterations of this loop may be ran.
 		 */