diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 5a8e47bbfb9f4..13fbc2dd4196a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1520,10 +1520,13 @@ xprt_transmit(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	struct rpc_rqst *next, *req = task->tk_rqstp;
 	struct rpc_xprt	*xprt = req->rq_xprt;
-	int status;
+	int counter, status;
 
 	spin_lock(&xprt->queue_lock);
+	counter = 0;
 	while (!list_empty(&xprt->xmit_queue)) {
+		if (++counter == 20)
+			break;
 		next = list_first_entry(&xprt->xmit_queue,
 				struct rpc_rqst, rq_xmit);
 		xprt_pin_rqst(next);
@@ -1531,7 +1534,6 @@ xprt_transmit(struct rpc_task *task)
 		status = xprt_request_transmit(next, task);
 		if (status == -EBADMSG && next != req)
 			status = 0;
-		cond_resched();
 		spin_lock(&xprt->queue_lock);
 		xprt_unpin_rqst(next);
 		if (status == 0) {