diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ead99b38472aa9f9356853bd37b21cdd8c1a5456..5234ee0615bb61b235927fb56ba22238d60a30e2 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -7144,6 +7144,8 @@ long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 						psize);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
+
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Must flush TLB before releasing i_mmap_rwsem: x86's huge_pmd_unshare