diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index a6b4c0c08e1..fd4fc12d262 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 
 	pid = kernel_thread(do_linuxrc, "/linuxrc", SIGCHLD);
 	if (pid > 0)
-		while (pid != sys_wait4(-1, NULL, 0, NULL))
+		while (pid != sys_wait4(-1, NULL, 0, NULL)) {
+			try_to_freeze();
 			yield();
+		}
 
 	/* move initrd to rootfs' /old */
 	sys_fchdir(old_fd);