diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
index 85af0cde7f46..4a9191617076 100644
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count = PID_MAX_LIMIT;
  * is disabled during the critical section. It also controls the size of
  * the RCU grace period. So it needs to be upper-bound.
  */
-#define HUNG_TASK_BATCHING 1024
+#define HUNG_TASK_LOCK_BREAK (HZ / 10)
 
 /*
  * Zero means infinite timeout - no checking done:
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static bool rcu_lock_break(struct task_struct *g, struct task_struct *t)
 static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout)
 {
 	int max_count = sysctl_hung_task_check_count;
-	int batch_count = HUNG_TASK_BATCHING;
+	unsigned long last_break = jiffies;
 	struct task_struct *g, *t;
 
 	/*
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout)
 	for_each_process_thread(g, t) {
 		if (!max_count--)
 			goto unlock;
-		if (!--batch_count) {
-			batch_count = HUNG_TASK_BATCHING;
+		if (time_after(jiffies, last_break + HUNG_TASK_LOCK_BREAK)) {
 			if (!rcu_lock_break(g, t))
 				goto unlock;
+			last_break = jiffies;
 		}
 		/* use "==" to skip the TASK_KILLABLE tasks waiting on NFS */
 		if (t->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)