diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 57bc4d5b8d08..cb1b3488b739 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include <net/dst.h>
 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ static void dst_gc_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	while ((dst = next) != NULL) {
 		next = dst->next;
 		prefetch(&next->next);
+		cond_resched();
 		if (likely(atomic_read(&dst->__refcnt))) {
 			last->next = dst;
 			last = dst;