diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
index ecea3a75319..02df4e32518 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ linux_cdev_pager_populate(vm_object_t vm_obj, vm_pindex_t pidx, int fault_type,
 		err = vmap->vm_ops->fault(vmap, &vmf);
 
 		while (vmap->vm_pfn_count == 0 && err == VM_FAULT_NOPAGE) {
-			kern_yield(0);
+			kern_yield(PRI_USER);
 			err = vmap->vm_ops->fault(vmap, &vmf);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c b/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
index 60bf8e23c54..6d8bb1129bc 100644
--- a/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
+++ b/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ reserve:
 	ret = ttm_bo_reserve(bo, false, false, false, 0);
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
 		if (ret == -EBUSY) {
-			kern_yield(0);
+			kern_yield(PRI_USER);
 			goto reserve;
 		}
 	}
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ reserve:
 		case -EBUSY:
 		case -ERESTARTSYS:
 		case -EINTR:
-			kern_yield(0);
+			kern_yield(PRI_USER);
 			goto reserve;
 		default:
 			retval = VM_PAGER_ERROR;