diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
index c213869e1aa7..f6198e1a58f6 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
@@ -259,21 +259,16 @@ static inline bool rwsem_try_write_lock(long count, struct rw_semaphore *sem)
  */
 static inline bool rwsem_try_write_lock_unqueued(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	long old, count = atomic_long_read(&sem->count);
+	long count = atomic_long_read(&sem->count);
 
-	while (true) {
-		if (!(count == 0 || count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS))
-			return false;
-
-		old = atomic_long_cmpxchg_acquire(&sem->count, count,
-				      count + RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS);
-		if (old == count) {
+	while (!count || count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS) {
+		if (atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_acquire(&sem->count, &count,
+					count + RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS)) {
 			rwsem_set_owner(sem);
 			return true;
 		}
-
-		count = old;
 	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 static inline bool owner_on_cpu(struct task_struct *owner)