diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index f0f55fbd13752903030e70685aa7c81386e1fbd4..c939ecb25732a4aa0d401413f54cba0562c85a90 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -896,8 +896,10 @@ static void __rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
 		/*
 		 * Lockless check for whether task is sleeping or not.
 		 */
-		if (!RPC_IS_QUEUED(task))
+		if (!RPC_IS_QUEUED(task)) {
+			cond_resched();
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Signalled tasks should exit rather than sleep.