diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index b26dcfc02c94..d710fae8abbe 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 
 #include <asm/futex.h>
 
@@ -1807,7 +1808,7 @@ static void futex_wait_queue_me(struct futex_hash_bucket *hb, struct futex_q *q,
 		 * is no timeout, or if it has yet to expire.
 		 */
 		if (!timeout || timeout->task)
-			schedule();
+			freezable_schedule();
 	}
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 }