diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 7a269db050ee..29300fc1289a 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2211,6 +2211,8 @@ static int drain_freelist(struct kmem_cache *cache,
 		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&n->list_lock);
 		slab_destroy(cache, slab);
 		nr_freed++;
+
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 out:
 	return nr_freed;