diff --git a/kernel/sched/completion.c b/kernel/sched/completion.c
index 9d1fe32da232..7052d3fd4e7b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/completion.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/completion.c
@@ -268,6 +268,15 @@ bool try_wait_for_completion(struct completion *x)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * Since x->done will need to be locked only
+	 * in the non-blocking case, we check x->done
+	 * first without taking the lock so we can
+	 * return early in the blocking case.
+	 */
+	if (!ACCESS_ONCE(x->done))
+		return 0;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&x->wait.lock, flags);
 	if (!x->done)
 		ret = 0;