diff --git a/block/blk-rq-qos.c b/block/blk-rq-qos.c
index d3a75693adbf..88f0fe7dcf54 100644
--- a/block/blk-rq-qos.c
+++ b/block/blk-rq-qos.c
@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@ static bool atomic_inc_below(atomic_t *v, unsigned int below)
 {
 	unsigned int cur = atomic_read(v);
 
-	for (;;) {
-		unsigned int old;
-
+	do {
 		if (cur >= below)
 			return false;
-		old = atomic_cmpxchg(v, cur, cur + 1);
-		if (old == cur)
-			break;
-		cur = old;
-	}
+	} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(v, &cur, cur + 1));
 
 	return true;
 }