diff --git a/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.cc b/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.cc
index df90c82ab15..3589a9f546b 100644
--- a/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.cc
+++ b/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ThreadPool::ThreadPool(int num_thread, int device_id, bool set_affinity, const c
 ThreadPool::~ThreadPool() {
   WaitForWork(false);
 
-  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+  std::unique_lock<spinlock> lock(lock_);
   running_ = false;
   condition_.notify_all();
   lock.unlock();
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ThreadPool::~ThreadPool() {
 void ThreadPool::AddWork(Work work, int64_t priority, bool start_immediately) {
   bool started_before = false;
   {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+    std::lock_guard<spinlock> lock(lock_);
     work_queue_.push({priority, std::move(work)});
     work_complete_ = false;
     started_before = started_;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void ThreadPool::AddWork(Work work, int64_t priority, bool start_immediately) {
 
 // Blocks until all work issued to the thread pool is complete
 void ThreadPool::WaitForWork(bool checkForErrors) {
-  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+  std::unique_lock<spinlock> lock(lock_);
   completed_.wait(lock, [this] { return this->work_complete_; });
   started_ = false;
   if (checkForErrors) {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void ThreadPool::WaitForWork(bool checkForErrors) {
 
 void ThreadPool::RunAll(bool wait) {
   {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+    std::lock_guard<spinlock> lock(lock_);
     started_ = true;
   }
   condition_.notify_all();  // other threads will be waken up if needed
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void ThreadPool::ThreadMain(int thread_id, int device_id, bool set_affinity,
 
   while (running_) {
     // Block on the condition to wait for work
-    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+    std::unique_lock<spinlock> lock(lock_);
     condition_.wait(lock, [this] { return !running_ || (!work_queue_.empty() && started_); });
     // If we're no longer running, exit the run loop
     if (!running_) break;
diff --git a/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.h b/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.h
index 4ae2082aadc..6482f099e86 100644
--- a/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.h
+++ b/dali/pipeline/util/thread_pool.h
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <functional>
-#include <mutex>
 #include <queue>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include "dali/core/common.h"
+#include "dali/core/spinlock.h"
 #if NVML_ENABLED
 #include "dali/util/nvml.h"
 #endif
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ class DLL_PUBLIC ThreadPool {
   bool work_complete_;
   bool started_;
   int active_threads_;
-  std::mutex mutex_;
-  std::condition_variable condition_;
-  std::condition_variable completed_;
+  spinlock lock_;
+  std::condition_variable_any condition_;
+  std::condition_variable_any completed_;
 
   //  Stored error strings for each thread
   vector<std::queue<string>> tl_errors_;