diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_common.h b/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_common.h
index c101098091327e5b52a104d2b2d4769212f80043..6ac37509faca56ab614eae690123bf9be9be9313 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_common.h
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_common.h
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ static void delay_backoff(int iterations)
 	loops += __insn_crc32_32(stack_pointer, get_cycles_low()) &
 		(loops - 1);
 
-	relax(1 << exponent);
+	relax(loops);
 }