diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 40cca4ca863b77dcb40de511d03185c6aede3404..d70d2391c8cb3e797099c3c81eeaf109c8fd3ccd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1431,6 +1431,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 		/*
 		 * We deal with the read-ahead logic here.
 		 */
+		cond_resched();
 		if (ra_ptr >= ra_max) {
 			/* Refill the readahead buffer */
 			ra_ptr = 0;