diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 8c13c0a030a41b7f158d5cf9bd10eef7fc97302f..99562835be4502588e34745085c8abcadec00cb0 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ static int journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
 				dirty_end);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = err;
+		cond_resched();
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
 		smp_mb();