diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index fd72de9a736e..8686fe760f34 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ static int __init deferred_init_memmap(void *data)
 	 */
 	while (spfn < epfn) {
 		nr_pages += deferred_init_maxorder(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn);
-		touch_nmi_watchdog();
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 zone_empty:
 	/* Sanity check that the next zone really is unpopulated */