diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index e4478b62d0f7..e83563b9ab32 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4703,6 +4703,8 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			pages++;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
+
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Must flush TLB before releasing i_mmap_rwsem: x86's huge_pmd_unshare