diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 10b2a4e10a46..08b5e44df324 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -1910,6 +1910,7 @@ static void process_deferred_bios(struct work_struct *ws)
 
 		else
 			commit_needed = process_bio(cache, bio) || commit_needed;
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 
 	if (commit_needed)
@@ -1932,6 +1933,7 @@ static void requeue_deferred_bios(struct cache *cache)
 	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(&bios))) {
 		bio->bi_status = BLK_STS_DM_REQUEUE;
 		bio_endio(bio);
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1972,6 +1974,8 @@ static void check_migrations(struct work_struct *ws)
 		r = mg_start(cache, op, NULL);
 		if (r)
 			break;
+
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 }