diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 3de88974eeb6..f1eca01c42a9 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <sound/timer.h>
 #include <sound/minors.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 /*
  *  Compatibility
@@ -78,12 +79,12 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
  * and this may lead to a deadlock when the code path takes read sem
  * twice (e.g. one in snd_pcm_action_nonatomic() and another in
  * snd_pcm_stream_lock()).  As a (suboptimal) workaround, let writer to
- * spin until it gets the lock.
+ * sleep until all the readers are completed without blocking by writer.
  */
-static inline void down_write_nonblock(struct rw_semaphore *lock)
+static inline void down_write_nonfifo(struct rw_semaphore *lock)
 {
 	while (!down_write_trylock(lock))
-		cond_resched();
+		msleep(1);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1825,7 +1826,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_link(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int fd)
 		res = -ENOMEM;
 		goto _nolock;
 	}
-	down_write_nonblock(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
+	down_write_nonfifo(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
 	write_lock_irq(&snd_pcm_link_rwlock);
 	if (substream->runtime->status->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN ||
 	    substream->runtime->status->state != substream1->runtime->status->state ||
@@ -1872,7 +1873,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_unlink(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	struct snd_pcm_substream *s;
 	int res = 0;
 
-	down_write_nonblock(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
+	down_write_nonfifo(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
 	write_lock_irq(&snd_pcm_link_rwlock);
 	if (!snd_pcm_stream_linked(substream)) {
 		res = -EALREADY;