diff --git a/proxy/logging/LogObject.cc b/proxy/logging/LogObject.cc
index 82230b04d1d..d5d22eb4bec 100644
--- a/proxy/logging/LogObject.cc
+++ b/proxy/logging/LogObject.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
+#include <thread>
 
 static bool
 should_roll_on_time(Log::RollingEnabledValues roll)
@@ -382,7 +383,9 @@ LogObject::_checkout_write(size_t *write_offset, size_t bytes_needed)
       break;
 
     case LogBuffer::LB_RETRY:
-      // no more room, but another thread should be taking care of creating a new buffer, so try again
+      // no more room, but another thread should be taking care of creating a new buffer, so yield to let
+      // the other thread finish, then try again
+      std::this_thread::yield();
       break;
 
     case LogBuffer::LB_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL: