diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c b/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
index 9b6d90a72601..532e4ed19e0f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ static int __cpuidle poll_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
raw_local_irq_enable();
if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) {
- unsigned int loop_count = 0;
+ unsigned int loop_count;
u64 limit;
limit = cpuidle_poll_time(drv, dev);
while (!need_resched()) {
- cpu_relax();
- if (loop_count++ < POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT)
- continue;
-
loop_count = 0;
if (local_clock_noinstr() - time_start > limit) {
dev->poll_time_limit = true;
break;
}