diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f3caf9f8a18..81c5f10c200e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ba9627b85fcb5ed67285ca0711f0f4d1e965746e
+refs/heads/master: df54b52c411befdcf1d0989f939a49163570ad29
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c b/trunk/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
index 898c321ab86d..e797752f7c0b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
@@ -1691,6 +1691,11 @@ static int cfi_intelext_writev (struct mtd_info *mtd, const struct kvec *vecs,
 			if (chipnum == cfi->numchips)
 				return 0;
 		}
+
+		/* Be nice and reschedule with the chip in a usable state for other
+		   processes. */
+		cond_resched();
+
 	} while (len);
 
 	return 0;