diff --git a/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c b/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c
index 18667de436f1..8a2b88aee373 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c
@@ -1424,6 +1424,7 @@ static void do_polling_transfer(struct pl022 *pl022)
 				message->state = STATE_ERROR;
 				goto out;
 			}
+			cpu_relax();
 		}
 
 		/* Update total byte transferred */