diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 20e9591a60cff97c5ef3c93cbadab1aa1312fe09..d2c37a1df0ebaf2d610f3c5be77759c914b8d597 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ extern void release_thread(struct task_struct *);
 
 unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 
-#define cpu_relax()			barrier()
+static inline void cpu_relax(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("yield" ::: "memory");
+}
+
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()                cpu_relax()
 
 /* Thread switching */