diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index cd72409ccc94..d9a581f46f13 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7679,6 +7679,8 @@ noinline int can_nocow_extent(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, u64 *len,
 			ret = -EAGAIN;
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 
 	btrfs_release_path(path);