diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 7780cd83a495..a1ba553816eb 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,8 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 			if (page_count(page) == 0)
 				continue;
 			scan_block(page, page + 1, NULL);
+			if (!(pfn % (MAX_SCAN_SIZE / sizeof(*page))))
+				cond_resched();
 		}
 	}
 	put_online_mems();