diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b1f841a9edd4..dfd2947e046e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2159,6 +2159,7 @@ static void __init gather_bootmem_prealloc(void)
 		 */
 		if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
 			adjust_managed_page_count(page, 1 << h->order);
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 }