diff --git a/arch/s390/lib/spinlock.c b/arch/s390/lib/spinlock.c
index 5b0e445bc3f3..9beb186b3af5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/lib/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/s390/lib/spinlock.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void arch_spin_lock_wait_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lp, unsigned long flags)
 			if (_raw_compare_and_swap(&lp->lock, 0, cpu))
 				return;
 			local_irq_restore(flags);
+			continue;
 		}
 		/* Check if the lock owner is running. */
 		if (!smp_vcpu_scheduled(~owner)) {