diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 45651834e1e2193bcc537b18e04946dc36e194d6..1bff9ed349ff5a9e5d14ba1f09888e304bd88950 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ static void rt_check_expire(struct work_struct *work)
 		i = (i + 1) & rt_hash_mask;
 		rthp = &rt_hash_table[i].chain;
 
+		if (need_resched())
+			cond_resched();
+
 		if (*rthp == NULL)
 			continue;
 		spin_lock_bh(rt_hash_lock_addr(i));