diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index f30548d7e0d2..2caf9958f3e1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4643,6 +4643,7 @@ again:
 	if (wait_for_alloc) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 		wait_for_alloc = 0;
+		cond_resched();
 		goto again;
 	}