diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 242e213ee0644e82bb5b0de9e2c1e32a1a76a46f..73947fc8ff1ed02e31f93d8fc96223dff52be811 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ void mpage_readahead(struct readahead_control *rac, get_block_t get_block)
 	};
 
 	while ((folio = readahead_folio(rac))) {
+		cond_resched();
 		prefetchw(&folio->flags);
 		args.folio = folio;
 		args.nr_pages = readahead_count(rac);