diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index d89b88791aac7d763f1f72dbec10d750b78655c6..89004a622f4971a6e377bcb60c4fd20c24abbabe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ int intel_wait_ring_buffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 				master_priv->sarea_priv->perf_boxes |= I915_BOX_WAIT;
 		}
 
-		yield();
+		msleep(1);
 	} while (!time_after(jiffies, end));
 	trace_i915_ring_wait_end (dev);
 	return -EBUSY;