diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index e274e5a4d425..114927da9cc9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -925,6 +925,7 @@ static int writecache_alloc_entries(struct dm_writecache *wc)
 		struct wc_entry *e = &wc->entries[b];
 		e->index = b;
 		e->write_in_progress = false;
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -979,6 +980,7 @@ static void writecache_resume(struct dm_target *ti)
 			e->original_sector = le64_to_cpu(wme.original_sector);
 			e->seq_count = le64_to_cpu(wme.seq_count);
 		}
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 #endif
 	for (b = 0; b < wc->n_blocks; b++) {
@@ -1886,8 +1888,10 @@ static int init_memory(struct dm_writecache *wc)
 	pmem_assign(sb(wc)->n_blocks, cpu_to_le64(wc->n_blocks));
 	pmem_assign(sb(wc)->seq_count, cpu_to_le64(0));
 
-	for (b = 0; b < wc->n_blocks; b++)
+	for (b = 0; b < wc->n_blocks; b++) {
 		write_original_sector_seq_count(wc, &wc->entries[b], -1, -1);
+		cond_resched();
+	}
 
 	writecache_flush_all_metadata(wc);
 	writecache_commit_flushed(wc, false);