diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index d1eacf3358b8..60782504ad3e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ static int svc_alloc_arg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 					set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 					return -EINTR;
 				}
+				freezable_schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(500));
 			}
-			freezable_schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(500));
 			rqstp->rq_pages[i] = p;
 		}
 	rqstp->rq_page_end = &rqstp->rq_pages[i];