diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iova.c b/drivers/iommu/iova.c
index 45a251da5453..30d969a4c5fd 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iova.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iova.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ void queue_iova(struct iova_domain *iovad,
 
 	/* Avoid false sharing as much as possible. */
 	if (!atomic_read(&iovad->fq_timer_on) &&
-	    !atomic_cmpxchg(&iovad->fq_timer_on, 0, 1))
+	    !atomic_xchg(&iovad->fq_timer_on, 1))
 		mod_timer(&iovad->fq_timer,
 			  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(IOVA_FQ_TIMEOUT));
 }