diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
index ef290d4036baa..c5fa251b8950c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
@@ -898,6 +899,7 @@ static int rtas_cpu_state_change_mask(enum rtas_cpu_state state,
 				cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cpus);
 			}
 		}
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 
 	return ret;