diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 02c6875..65beff4 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -353,8 +353,11 @@
 	 * incremented count after it has set MNT_WRITE_HOLD.
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
-	while (ACCESS_ONCE(mnt->mnt.mnt_flags) & MNT_WRITE_HOLD)
+	while (ACCESS_ONCE(mnt->mnt.mnt_flags) & MNT_WRITE_HOLD) {
+		preempt_enable();
 		cpu_relax();
+		preempt_disable();
+	}
 	/*
 	 * After the slowpath clears MNT_WRITE_HOLD, mnt_is_readonly will
 	 * be set to match its requirements. So we must not load that until