diff --git a/src/bthread/work_stealing_queue.h b/src/bthread/work_stealing_queue.h
index 06e9ed074c..138aaa6ba8 100644
--- a/src/bthread/work_stealing_queue.h
+++ b/src/bthread/work_stealing_queue.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class WorkStealingQueue {
                 return false;
             }
             *val = _buffer[t & (_capacity - 1)];
-        } while (!_top.compare_exchange_strong(t, t + 1,
+        } while (!_top.compare_exchange_weak(t, t + 1,
                                                butil::memory_order_seq_cst,
                                                butil::memory_order_relaxed));
         return true;