diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index 973f10e0521195bf28c6965061f95b227518bc39..cd210a4ba7b1524c4fc953907196441b22faac76 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -45,17 +45,12 @@ static void xen_qlock_wait(u8 *byte, u8 val)
 	if (irq == -1)
 		return;
 
-	/* clear pending */
-	xen_clear_irq_pending(irq);
-	barrier();
+	/* If irq pending already clear it and return. */
+	if (xen_test_irq_pending(irq)) {
+		xen_clear_irq_pending(irq);
+		return;
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * We check the byte value after clearing pending IRQ to make sure
-	 * that we won't miss a wakeup event because of the clearing.
-	 *
-	 * The sync_clear_bit() call in xen_clear_irq_pending() is atomic.
-	 * So it is effectively a memory barrier for x86.
-	 */
 	if (READ_ONCE(*byte) != val)
 		return;