diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index d00d42d6bf79..97d4b25d0373 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,8 @@ void vfree(const void *addr)
 
 	kmemleak_free(addr);
 
+	might_sleep_if(!in_interrupt());
+
 	if (!addr)
 		return;
 	if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))