diff --git a/fs/quota/quota.c b/fs/quota/quota.c
index 7c2b75a44485..de4379a9c792 100644
--- a/fs/quota/quota.c
+++ b/fs/quota/quota.c
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ static struct super_block *quotactl_block(const char __user *special, int cmd)
 		sb_start_write(sb);
 		sb_end_write(sb);
 		put_super(sb);
+		cond_resched();
 		goto retry;
 	}
 	return sb;