diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c
index 289ae6bb81d9d1f86f24b5bedc5a49feb8b00c0c..8ebbca554e995f47eff787d0ffd36fc244abf7d8 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static void snd_virmidi_output_trigger(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
 	int count, res;
 	unsigned char buf[32], *pbuf;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool check_resched = !in_atomic();
 
 	if (up) {
 		vmidi->trigger = 1;
@@ -200,6 +201,15 @@ static void snd_virmidi_output_trigger(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
 					vmidi->event.type = SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_NONE;
 				}
 			}
+			if (!check_resched)
+				continue;
+			/* do temporary unlock & cond_resched() for avoiding
+			 * CPU soft lockup, which may happen via a write from
+			 * a huge rawmidi buffer
+			 */
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&substream->runtime->lock, flags);
+			cond_resched();
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&substream->runtime->lock, flags);
 		}
 	out:
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&substream->runtime->lock, flags);