diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 87ae7efa12118e7230bc6eccad1486551cca498f..c85e96d174a5fbd4764adb748b9bc11c70479617 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 
 	asm volatile(ARM64_LSE_ATOMIC_INSN(
 	/* LL/SC */
-	"	ldr	%w1, %0\n"
+	"	ldrh	%w1, %0\n"
 	"	add	%w1, %w1, #1\n"
 	"	stlrh	%w1, %0",
 	/* LSE atomics */