diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 830e6cc2a9e727ec37d29ad743fc4e2f8cebe2fe..f303c455b0e964f6ec56724be5226de48008c852 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ void mpage_readahead(struct readahead_control *rac, get_block_t get_block)
 	};
 
 	while ((page = readahead_page(rac))) {
+		cond_resched();
 		prefetchw(&page->flags);
 		args.page = page;
 		args.nr_pages = readahead_count(rac);