diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index af3d5517c710..200cd28679ab 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -9690,6 +9690,7 @@ static void io_uring_try_cancel_requests(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			while (!list_empty_careful(&ctx->iopoll_list)) {
 				io_iopoll_try_reap_events(ctx);
 				ret = true;
+				cond_resched();
 			}
 		}