diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index d959219..6f4ec85 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -3183,15 +3183,28 @@ static int idempotent_init_module(struct file *f, const char __user * uargs, int
 	if (!f || !(f->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	/* See if somebody else is doing the operation? */
-	if (idempotent(&idem, file_inode(f))) {
-		wait_for_completion(&idem.complete);
-		return idem.ret;
+	/* Are we the winners of the race and get to do this? */
+	if (!idempotent(&idem, file_inode(f))) {
+		int ret = init_module_from_file(f, uargs, flags);
+		return idempotent_complete(&idem, ret);
 	}
 
-	/* Otherwise, we'll do it and complete others */
-	return idempotent_complete(&idem,
-		init_module_from_file(f, uargs, flags));
+	/*
+	 * Somebody else won the race and is loading the module.
+	 *
+	 * We have to wait for it forever, since our 'idem' is
+	 * on the stack and the list entry stays there until
+	 * completed (but we could fix it under the idem_lock)
+	 *
+	 * It's also unclear what a real timeout might be,
+	 * but we could maybe at least make this killable
+	 * and remove the idem entry in that case?
+	 */
+	for (;;) {
+		if (wait_for_completion_timeout(&idem.complete, 10*HZ))
+			return idem.ret;
+		pr_warn_once("module '%pD' taking a long time to load", f);
+	}
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)