diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index dc19880c02f5..78401ef02d29 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ int default_wake_function(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, unsigned mode, int
 /* wait_queue_entry::flags */
 #define WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE	0x01
 #define WQ_FLAG_WOKEN		0x02
+#define WQ_FLAG_BOOKMARK	0x04
 
 /*
  * A single wait-queue entry structure:
diff --git a/kernel/sched/wait.c b/kernel/sched/wait.c
index d6afed6d0752..70701ef50465 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/wait.c
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ void remove_wait_queue(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_wait_queue);
 
+/*
+ * Scan threshold to break wait queue walk.
+ * This allows a waker to take a break from holding the
+ * wait queue lock during the wait queue walk.
+ */
+#define WAITQUEUE_WALK_BREAK_CNT 64
 
 /*
  * The core wakeup function. Non-exclusive wakeups (nr_exclusive == 0) just
@@ -63,18 +69,67 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_wait_queue);
  * started to run but is not in state TASK_RUNNING. try_to_wake_up() returns
  * zero in this (rare) case, and we handle it by continuing to scan the queue.
  */
-static void __wake_up_common(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode,
-			int nr_exclusive, int wake_flags, void *key)
+static int __wake_up_common(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode,
+			int nr_exclusive, int wake_flags, void *key,
+			wait_queue_entry_t *bookmark)
 {
 	wait_queue_entry_t *curr, *next;
+	int cnt = 0;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(curr, next, &wq_head->head, entry) {
+	if (bookmark && (bookmark->flags & WQ_FLAG_BOOKMARK)) {
+		curr = list_next_entry(bookmark, entry);
+
+		list_del(&bookmark->entry);
+		bookmark->flags = 0;
+	} else
+		curr = list_first_entry(&wq_head->head, wait_queue_entry_t, entry);
+
+	if (&curr->entry == &wq_head->head)
+		return nr_exclusive;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe_from(curr, next, &wq_head->head, entry) {
 		unsigned flags = curr->flags;
-		int ret = curr->func(curr, mode, wake_flags, key);
+		int ret;
+
+		if (flags & WQ_FLAG_BOOKMARK)
+			continue;
+
+		ret = curr->func(curr, mode, wake_flags, key);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 		if (ret && (flags & WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE) && !--nr_exclusive)
 			break;
+
+		if (bookmark && (++cnt > WAITQUEUE_WALK_BREAK_CNT) &&
+				(&next->entry != &wq_head->head)) {
+			bookmark->flags = WQ_FLAG_BOOKMARK;
+			list_add_tail(&bookmark->entry, &next->entry);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return nr_exclusive;
+}
+
+static void __wake_up_common_lock(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode,
+			int nr_exclusive, int wake_flags, void *key)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	wait_queue_entry_t bookmark;
+
+	bookmark.flags = 0;
+	bookmark.private = NULL;
+	bookmark.func = NULL;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bookmark.entry);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+	nr_exclusive = __wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, nr_exclusive, wake_flags, key, &bookmark);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+
+	while (bookmark.flags & WQ_FLAG_BOOKMARK) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+		nr_exclusive = __wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, nr_exclusive,
+						wake_flags, key, &bookmark);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wq_head->lock, flags);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -91,11 +146,7 @@ static void __wake_up_common(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode,
 void __wake_up(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode,
 			int nr_exclusive, void *key)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
-	__wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, nr_exclusive, 0, key);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+	__wake_up_common_lock(wq_head, mode, nr_exclusive, 0, key);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wake_up);
 
@@ -104,13 +155,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wake_up);
  */
 void __wake_up_locked(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode, int nr)
 {
-	__wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, nr, 0, NULL);
+	__wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, nr, 0, NULL, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__wake_up_locked);
 
 void __wake_up_locked_key(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode, void *key)
 {
-	__wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, 1, 0, key);
+	__wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, 1, 0, key, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__wake_up_locked_key);
 
@@ -134,7 +185,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__wake_up_locked_key);
 void __wake_up_sync_key(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode,
 			int nr_exclusive, void *key)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int wake_flags = 1; /* XXX WF_SYNC */
 
 	if (unlikely(!wq_head))
@@ -143,9 +193,7 @@ void __wake_up_sync_key(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode,
 	if (unlikely(nr_exclusive != 1))
 		wake_flags = 0;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
-	__wake_up_common(wq_head, mode, nr_exclusive, wake_flags, key);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+	__wake_up_common_lock(wq_head, mode, nr_exclusive, wake_flags, key);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__wake_up_sync_key);