diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 6b41df72c93be29f61604ac36974b4ba8a58c136..807ccdf4640080bfcdf49cbe884653d712785e54 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ static void io_worker_handle_work(struct io_worker *worker)
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			flush_signals(current);
 
+		cond_resched();
+
 		spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
 		worker->cur_work = work;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);