diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7621f0c471f7..dd8709e05225 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1614,8 +1614,8 @@ static void discard_buffer(struct buffer_head * bh)
 	bh->b_bdev = NULL;
 	b_state = READ_ONCE(bh->b_state);
 	do {
-	} while (!try_cmpxchg(&bh->b_state, &b_state,
-			      b_state & ~BUFFER_FLAGS_DISCARD));
+	} while (!try_cmpxchg_relaxed(&bh->b_state, &b_state,
+				      b_state & ~BUFFER_FLAGS_DISCARD));
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
 }