diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 81d6d2f0e8ed..53bc32804841 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ void sync_dirty_dir_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		 * wribacking dentry pages in the freeing inode.
 		 */
 		f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, DATA, WRITE);
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 	goto retry;
 }