diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
index c1c10fd1a5a7..0c822f3ffb05 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ in_progress:
 
 		/* yield and continue right away if there is more work to do */
 		if (!n) {
-			yield();
+			cond_resched();
 			continue;
 		}