diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 9ac99896db8f13094e253c36e62bfde20a481708..48fc74b6df55aba7195d5bfe25f7b4bf8b2bf531 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ void wait_task_inactive(struct task_struct *p)
 	 * yield - it could be a while.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(on_rq)) {
-		yield();
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 		goto repeat;
 	}