diff --git a/library/std/src/sync/barrier.rs b/library/std/src/sync/barrier.rs
index a17b82f82e8c2..bc560806051dc 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sync/barrier.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sync/barrier.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ impl Barrier {
         if lock.count < self.num_threads {
             // We need a while loop to guard against spurious wakeups.
             // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious_wakeup
-            while local_gen == lock.generation_id && lock.count < self.num_threads {
+            while local_gen == lock.generation_id {
                 lock = self.cvar.wait(lock).unwrap();
             }
             BarrierWaitResult(false)