diff --git a/net/devlink/core.c b/net/devlink/core.c
index 58093f49c090..d66eb5387d2d 100644
--- a/net/devlink/core.c
+++ b/net/devlink/core.c
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ static void __net_exit devlink_pernet_pre_exit(struct net *net)
 	 * all devlink instances from this namespace into init_net.
 	 */
 	devlinks_xa_for_each_registered_get(net, index, devlink) {
+		cond_resched();
 		devl_dev_lock(devlink, true);
 		err = 0;
 		if (devl_is_registered(devlink))