* Otherwise, we only need to grab the lock.
         */
 
-       /* In the PV case we might already have _Q_LOCKED_VAL set */
-       if ((val & _Q_TAIL_MASK) == tail) {
-               /*
-                * The atomic_cond_read_acquire() call above has provided the
-                * necessary acquire semantics required for locking.
-                */
-               old = atomic_cmpxchg_relaxed(&lock->val, val, _Q_LOCKED_VAL);
-               if (old == val)
-                       goto release; /* No contention */
-       }
+       /*
+        * In the PV case we might already have _Q_LOCKED_VAL set.
+        *
+        * The atomic_cond_read_acquire() call above has provided the
+        * necessary acquire semantics required for locking.
+        */
+       if (((val & _Q_TAIL_MASK) == tail) &&
+           atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(&lock->val, &val, _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
+               goto release; /* No contention */
 
        /* Either somebody is queued behind us or _Q_PENDING_VAL is set */
        set_locked(lock);