diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
index 0c0091f0445..a3d64fe01b5 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ zfs_zget(zfs_sb_t *zsb, uint64_t obj_num, znode_t **zpp)
 				mutex_exit(&zp->z_lock);
 				sa_buf_rele(db, NULL);
 				ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_EXIT(zsb, obj_num);
+				/* inode might need this to finish evict */
+				cond_resched();
 				goto again;
 			}
 			*zpp = zp;