diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 0082fce402a0c11c922648ae0d90a9d2bd85561f..85c5a883c6e31047194a8c74603ce71ab8381f67 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -2173,6 +2173,7 @@ static int rcu_nocb_kthread(void *arg)
 				cl++;
 			c++;
 			local_bh_enable();
+			cond_resched_rcu_qs();
 			list = next;
 		}
 		trace_rcu_batch_end(rdp->rsp->name, c, !!list, 0, 0, 1);