diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 38c0360482fa..6c48ad13b4c9 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ static unsigned long ksm_run = KSM_RUN_STOP;
 static void wait_while_offlining(void);
 
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(ksm_thread_wait);
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(ksm_iter_wait);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(ksm_thread_mutex);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ksm_mmlist_lock);
 
@@ -2388,6 +2389,8 @@ static int ksmd_should_run(void)
 
 static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing)
 {
+	unsigned int sleep_ms;
+
 	set_freezable();
 	set_user_nice(current, 5);
 
@@ -2401,8 +2404,10 @@ static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing)
 		try_to_freeze();
 
 		if (ksmd_should_run()) {
-			schedule_timeout_interruptible(
-				msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs));
+			sleep_ms = READ_ONCE(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs);
+			wait_event_interruptible_timeout(ksm_iter_wait,
+				sleep_ms != READ_ONCE(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs),
+				msecs_to_jiffies(sleep_ms));
 		} else {
 			wait_event_freezable(ksm_thread_wait,
 				ksmd_should_run() || kthread_should_stop());
@@ -2821,6 +2826,7 @@ static ssize_t sleep_millisecs_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = msecs;
+	wake_up_interruptible(&ksm_iter_wait);
 
 	return count;
 }