diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 883f613ada7e..b16279cbd91d 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2326,8 +2326,12 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct page *page,
 
 static void khugepaged_alloc_sleep(void)
 {
-	wait_event_freezable_timeout(khugepaged_wait, false,
-			msecs_to_jiffies(khugepaged_alloc_sleep_millisecs));
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+	add_wait_queue(&khugepaged_wait, &wait);
+	freezable_schedule_timeout_interruptible(
+		msecs_to_jiffies(khugepaged_alloc_sleep_millisecs));
+	remove_wait_queue(&khugepaged_wait, &wait);
 }
 
 static int khugepaged_node_load[MAX_NUMNODES];