diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index ad4d00bd7914..5797e1eeaa7e 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ static void vunmap_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
 		if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd))
 			continue;
 		vunmap_pte_range(pmd, addr, next);
+
+		cond_resched();
 	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }