diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 280bb6969c0b..3f7cab196eb6 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1242,6 +1242,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *iter;
 	int ret = 0;
+	int i = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(memcg == root_mem_cgroup);
 
@@ -1250,8 +1251,12 @@ int mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		struct task_struct *task;
 
 		css_task_iter_start(&iter->css, CSS_TASK_ITER_PROCS, &it);
-		while (!ret && (task = css_task_iter_next(&it)))
+		while (!ret && (task = css_task_iter_next(&it))) {
+			/* Avoid potential softlockup warning */
+			if ((++i & 1023) == 0)
+				cond_resched();
 			ret = fn(task, arg);
+		}
 		css_task_iter_end(&it);
 		if (ret) {
 			mem_cgroup_iter_break(memcg, iter);
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 4de30c6c5183..f4c8ef863ea7 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -430,10 +431,15 @@ static void dump_tasks(struct oom_control *oc)
 		mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(oc->memcg, dump_task, oc);
 	else {
 		struct task_struct *p;
+		int i = 0;
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		for_each_process(p)
+		for_each_process(p) {
+			/* Avoid potential softlockup warning */
+			if ((++i & 1023) == 0)
+				touch_softlockup_watchdog();
 			dump_task(p, oc);
+		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 }