diff --git a/include/vdso/helpers.h b/include/vdso/helpers.h
index 01641dbb68ef..9a2af9fca45e 100644
--- a/include/vdso/helpers.h
+++ b/include/vdso/helpers.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ static __always_inline u32 vdso_read_begin(const struct vdso_data *vd)
 {
 	u32 seq;
 
-	while ((seq = READ_ONCE(vd->seq)) & 1)
+	while (unlikely((seq = READ_ONCE(vd->seq)) & 1))
 		cpu_relax();
 
 	smp_rmb();