diff --git a/fs/fscache/page.c b/fs/fscache/page.c
index 85332b9d19d1..781ac7b0b53e 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/page.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/page.c
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ void __fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, struct page *pa
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fscache_wait_on_page_write);
 
+/*
+ * wait for a page to finish being written to the cache. Put a timeout here
+ * since we might be called recursively via parent fs.
+ */
+static
+bool release_page_wait_timeout(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, struct page *page)
+{
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = bit_waitqueue(&cookie->flags, 0);
+
+	return wait_event_timeout(*wq, !__fscache_check_page_write(cookie, page),
+				  HZ);
+}
+
 /*
  * decide whether a page can be released, possibly by cancelling a store to it
  * - we're allowed to sleep if __GFP_WAIT is flagged
@@ -115,7 +128,10 @@ bool __fscache_maybe_release_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 	}
 
 	fscache_stat(&fscache_n_store_vmscan_wait);
-	__fscache_wait_on_page_write(cookie, page);
+	if (!release_page_wait_timeout(cookie, page))
+		_debug("fscache writeout timeout page: %p{%lx}",
+			page, page->index);
+
 	gfp &= ~__GFP_WAIT;
 	goto try_again;
 }