diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 944242491059..ac8a5fedc245 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2457,11 +2457,12 @@ static void shmem_tag_pins(struct address_space *mapping)
 	void **slot;
 	pgoff_t start;
 	struct page *page;
+	unsigned int tagged = 0;
 
 	lru_add_drain();
 	start = 0;
-	rcu_read_lock();
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	radix_tree_for_each_slot(slot, &mapping->page_tree, &iter, start) {
 		page = radix_tree_deref_slot(slot);
 		if (!page || radix_tree_exception(page)) {
@@ -2470,18 +2471,19 @@ static void shmem_tag_pins(struct address_space *mapping)
 				continue;
 			}
 		} else if (page_count(page) - page_mapcount(page) > 1) {
-			spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 			radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree, iter.index,
 					   SHMEM_TAG_PINNED);
-			spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		}
 
-		if (need_resched()) {
-			cond_resched_rcu();
-			slot = radix_tree_iter_next(&iter);
-		}
+		if (++tagged % 1024)
+			continue;
+
+		slot = radix_tree_iter_next(&iter);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		cond_resched();
+		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 }
 
 /*