diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 4a379d7918f2..cf61108f8f8d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1837,6 +1837,8 @@ static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 		set_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &req->wb_context->flags);
 	next:
 		nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
+		/* Latency breaker */
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 	nfss = NFS_SERVER(data->inode);
 	if (atomic_long_read(&nfss->writeback) < NFS_CONGESTION_OFF_THRESH)