diff --git a/include/asm-i386/mach-default/mach_wakecpu.h b/include/asm-i386/mach-default/mach_wakecpu.h
index 673b85c9b273e7f13dc241c5a019e48a8fb11b8d..3ebb17893aa524d49d4bcdec543148ee7e72a326 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/mach-default/mach_wakecpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/mach-default/mach_wakecpu.h
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 static inline void wait_for_init_deassert(atomic_t *deassert)
 {
-	while (!atomic_read(deassert));
+	while (!atomic_read(deassert))
+		cpu_relax();
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/mach-es7000/mach_wakecpu.h b/include/asm-i386/mach-es7000/mach_wakecpu.h
index efc903b7348668f6152ee7c252fd5e17290bc3c0..84ff58314501cfa3c83cf4a7024ad19ec00f9fa9 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/mach-es7000/mach_wakecpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/mach-es7000/mach_wakecpu.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ wakeup_secondary_cpu(int phys_apicid, unsigned long start_eip)
 static inline void wait_for_init_deassert(atomic_t *deassert)
 {
 #ifdef WAKE_SECONDARY_VIA_INIT
-	while (!atomic_read(deassert));
+	while (!atomic_read(deassert))
+		cpu_relax();
 #endif
 	return;
 }