diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 38d94b703e9d..f3f919728f5c 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 	for (i = 0; i < sections_to_remove; i++) {
 		unsigned long pfn = phys_start_pfn + i*PAGES_PER_SECTION;
 
+		cond_resched();
 		ret = __remove_section(zone, __pfn_to_section(pfn), map_offset,
 				altmap);
 		map_offset = 0;