diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 07e2788bbbf1..57b982b44732 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2203,6 +2203,8 @@ void __audit_inode_child(struct inode *parent,
 		}
 	}
 
+	cond_resched();
+
 	/* is there a matching child entry? */
 	list_for_each_entry(n, &context->names_list, list) {
 		/* can only match entries that have a name */