diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index d8cde7292bf9..f1e0214942c0 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1849,6 +1849,7 @@ static const struct file_operations kmemleak_fops = {
 static void __kmemleak_do_cleanup(void)
 {
 	struct kmemleak_object *object, *tmp;
+	unsigned int cnt = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Kmemleak has already been disabled, no need for RCU list traversal
@@ -1857,6 +1858,10 @@ static void __kmemleak_do_cleanup(void)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(object, tmp, &object_list, object_list) {
 		__remove_object(object);
 		__delete_object(object);
+
+		/* Call cond_resched() once per 64 iterations to avoid soft lockup */
+		if (!(++cnt & 0x3f))
+			cond_resched();
 	}
 }