--- linux-2.6/kernel/async.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/async.c
@@ -433,9 +433,10 @@
 
 	last_uatom = uatom;
 	ret = __exec_atom(t, &atom);
-	if (unlikely(signal_pending(t) || need_resched()))
+	if (signal_pending(t))
 		goto stop;
 
+	cond_resched();
 	uatom = next_uatom(&atom, uatom, ret);
 	if (uatom)
 		goto run_next;