diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
index 18a269d2e2f8b..539c971b9f05e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int fsl_lpspi_txfifo_empty(struct fsl_lpspi_data *fsl_lpspi)
 			dev_dbg(fsl_lpspi->dev, "txfifo empty timeout\n");
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;
 		}
-		schedule();
+		cond_resched();
 
 	} while (txcnt);