diff --git a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
index 71ebd0284f95d229aa9ff4e9778c23354d51c856..0256195ed356e2e7ac51f52277bd2b631e6766bd 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ static void batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
                        batadv_nc_purge_orig(bat_priv, orig_node,
                                             batadv_nc_to_purge_nc_node);
                rcu_read_unlock();
+               cond_resched();
        }
 }
 
@@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ static void batadv_nc_purge_paths(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
                        batadv_nc_path_put(nc_path);
                }
                spin_unlock_bh(lock);
+               cond_resched();
        }
 }
 
@@ -697,6 +699,7 @@ batadv_nc_process_nc_paths(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
                        spin_unlock_bh(&nc_path->packet_list_lock);
                }
                rcu_read_unlock();
+               cond_resched();
        }
 }