diff --git a/src/thread.h b/src/thread.h
index ee7fb061..e880b01c 100644
--- a/src/thread.h
+++ b/src/thread.h
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ public:
   Spinlock() { lock = 1; } // Init here to workaround a bug with MSVC 2013
   void acquire() {
       while (lock.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_acquire) != 1)
-          for (int cnt = 0; lock.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) <= 0; ++cnt)
-              if (cnt >= 10000) std::this_thread::yield(); // Be nice to hyperthreading
+          while (lock.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) <= 0)
+              std::this_thread::yield(); // Be nice to hyperthreading
   }
   void release() { lock.store(1, std::memory_order_release); }
 };