diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 9869598..0d73281 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3110,6 +3110,7 @@
 					++vcpu->stat.generic.halt_poll_invalid;
 				goto out;
 			}
+			cpu_relax();
 			poll_end = cur = ktime_get();
 		} while (kvm_vcpu_can_poll(cur, stop));
 	}