diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index cb925e8ef9a8..2f5e9b34022c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -243,13 +243,12 @@ static void proc_sample_cputime_atomic(struct task_cputime_atomic *at,
  */
 static inline void __update_gt_cputime(atomic64_t *cputime, u64 sum_cputime)
 {
-	u64 curr_cputime;
-retry:
-	curr_cputime = atomic64_read(cputime);
-	if (sum_cputime > curr_cputime) {
-		if (atomic64_cmpxchg(cputime, curr_cputime, sum_cputime) != curr_cputime)
-			goto retry;
-	}
+	u64 curr_cputime = atomic64_read(cputime);
+
+	do {
+		if (sum_cputime <= curr_cputime)
+			return;
+	} while (!atomic64_try_cmpxchg(cputime, &curr_cputime, sum_cputime));
 }
 
 static void update_gt_cputime(struct task_cputime_atomic *cputime_atomic,