diff --git a/mm/kasan/quarantine.c b/mm/kasan/quarantine.c
index 6f1ed1630873..4ac39f20757a 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/quarantine.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/quarantine.c
@@ -283,8 +283,15 @@ void quarantine_remove_cache(struct kmem_cache *cache)
 	on_each_cpu(per_cpu_remove_cache, cache, 1);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&quarantine_lock, flags);
-	for (i = 0; i < QUARANTINE_BATCHES; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < QUARANTINE_BATCHES; i++) {
+		if (qlist_empty(&global_quarantine[i]))
+			continue;
 		qlist_move_cache(&global_quarantine[i], &to_free, cache);
+		/* Scanning whole quarantine can take a while. */
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&quarantine_lock, flags);
+		cond_resched();
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&quarantine_lock, flags);
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&quarantine_lock, flags);
 
 	qlist_free_all(&to_free, cache);