diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 1ad6fb6c094d..fc184bcd7848 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
+	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT if MMU
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 4f2c28060c9a..ed6c22919e47 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -127,10 +127,14 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 	dsb_sev();
 }
 
+static inline int arch_spin_value_unlocked(arch_spinlock_t lock)
+{
+	return lock.tickets.owner == lock.tickets.next;
+}
+
 static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
-	struct __raw_tickets tickets = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
-	return tickets.owner != tickets.next;
+	return !arch_spin_value_unlocked(ACCESS_ONCE(*lock));
 }
 
 static inline int arch_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t *lock)