diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 7868418ea58683d320eae318ab0dd029334ca47c..365b2033f55eda18e73654f95e2310e7fcef8f89 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -407,6 +407,16 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
 
 		pv_wait_node(node);
 		arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(&node->locked);
+
+		/*
+		 * While waiting for the MCS lock, the next pointer may have
+		 * been set by another lock waiter. We optimistically load
+		 * the next pointer & prefetch the cacheline for writing
+		 * to reduce latency in the upcoming MCS unlock operation.
+		 */
+		next = READ_ONCE(node->next);
+		if (next)
+			prefetchw(next);
 	}
 
 	/*