diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 1bad301820c7..7a58eb5757e3 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
 
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
@@ -2535,9 +2536,14 @@ void drain_all_pages(struct zone *zone)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
 
+/*
+ * Touch the watchdog for every WD_PAGE_COUNT pages.
+ */
+#define WD_PAGE_COUNT	(128*1024)
+
 void mark_free_pages(struct zone *zone)
 {
-	unsigned long pfn, max_zone_pfn;
+	unsigned long pfn, max_zone_pfn, page_count = WD_PAGE_COUNT;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int order, t;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -2552,6 +2558,11 @@ void mark_free_pages(struct zone *zone)
 		if (pfn_valid(pfn)) {
 			page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 
+			if (!--page_count) {
+				touch_nmi_watchdog();
+				page_count = WD_PAGE_COUNT;
+			}
+
 			if (page_zone(page) != zone)
 				continue;
 
@@ -2565,8 +2576,13 @@ void mark_free_pages(struct zone *zone)
 			unsigned long i;
 
 			pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-			for (i = 0; i < (1UL << order); i++)
+			for (i = 0; i < (1UL << order); i++) {
+				if (!--page_count) {
+					touch_nmi_watchdog();
+					page_count = WD_PAGE_COUNT;
+				}
 				swsusp_set_page_free(pfn_to_page(pfn + i));
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);