diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index fdbb116ee669..a3cad905f560 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1602,6 +1602,8 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			goto fail;
 		}
 		area->pages[i] = page;
+		if (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT)
+			cond_resched();
 	}
 
 	if (map_vm_area(area, prot, &pages))