diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 57d30b75f7a227580e92fe149a3bdda61d66743f..61fd210f022661fd0a2663bf262cd9a185bfd371 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1931,6 +1931,8 @@ void __audit_inode_child(struct inode *parent,
 		}
 	}
 
+	cond_resched();
+
 	/* is there a matching child entry? */
 	list_for_each_entry(n, &context->names_list, list) {
 		/* can only match entries that have a name */