diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c
index c9f72b2665f1..43ae4e0c968f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ static void cpu_psci_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 
 static int cpu_psci_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	int err, i;
+	int err;
+	unsigned long start, end;
 
 	if (!psci_ops.affinity_info)
 		return 0;
@@ -91,16 +92,18 @@ static int cpu_psci_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu)
 	 * while it is dying. So, try again a few times.
 	 */
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+	start = jiffies;
+	end = start + msecs_to_jiffies(100);
+	do {
 		err = psci_ops.affinity_info(cpu_logical_map(cpu), 0);
 		if (err == PSCI_0_2_AFFINITY_LEVEL_OFF) {
-			pr_info("CPU%d killed.\n", cpu);
+			pr_info("CPU%d killed (polled %d ms)\n", cpu,
+				jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start));
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		msleep(10);
-		pr_info("Retrying again to check for CPU kill\n");
-	}
+		usleep_range(100, 1000);
+	} while (time_before(jiffies, end));
 
 	pr_warn("CPU%d may not have shut down cleanly (AFFINITY_INFO reports %d)\n",
 			cpu, err);