diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 78efee423f58..93d6f27dd40b 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4331,6 +4331,7 @@ static void inc_max_seq(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool can_swap, bool force_scan)
 	int type, zone;
 	struct lru_gen_struct *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
 
+restart:
 	spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
 
 	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!seq_is_valid(lruvec));
@@ -4341,11 +4342,12 @@ static void inc_max_seq(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool can_swap, bool force_scan)
 
 		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!force_scan && (type == LRU_GEN_FILE || can_swap));
 
-		while (!inc_min_seq(lruvec, type, can_swap)) {
-			spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
-			cond_resched();
-			spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
-		}
+		if (inc_min_seq(lruvec, type, can_swap))
+			continue;
+
+		spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
+		cond_resched();
+		goto restart;
 	}
 
 	/*