diff --git a/src/runtime/mgc.go b/src/runtime/mgc.go
index 601593087da..45856635353 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mgc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mgc.go
@@ -1273,15 +1273,11 @@ func gcBgMarkWorker() {
 					// everything out of the run
 					// queue so it can run
 					// somewhere else.
-					lock(&sched.lock)
-					for {
-						gp, _ := runqget(pp)
-						if gp == nil {
-							break
-						}
-						globrunqput(gp)
+					if drainQ, n := runqdrain(pp); n > 0 {
+						lock(&sched.lock)
+						globrunqputbatch(&drainQ, int32(n))
+						unlock(&sched.lock)
 					}
-					unlock(&sched.lock)
 				}
 				// Go back to draining, this time
 				// without preemption.
diff --git a/src/runtime/proc.go b/src/runtime/proc.go
index a712b11c4fe..c4fe6dd0f87 100644
--- a/src/runtime/proc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/proc.go
@@ -5911,6 +5911,44 @@ func runqget(_p_ *p) (gp *g, inheritTime bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+// runqdrain drains the local runnable queue of _p_ and returns all g's in it.
+// Executed only by the owner P.
+func runqdrain(_p_ *p) (drainQ gQueue, n uint32) {
+	var getNext bool
+	oldNext := _p_.runnext
+	if oldNext != 0 && _p_.runnext.cas(oldNext, 0) {
+		drainQ.pushBack(oldNext.ptr())
+		n++
+		getNext = true
+	}
+
+	for {
+		h := atomic.LoadAcq(&_p_.runqhead) // load-acquire, synchronize with other consumers
+		t := _p_.runqtail
+		qn := t - h
+		if qn == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+		for i := uint32(0); i < qn; i++ {
+			gp := _p_.runq[(h+i)%uint32(len(_p_.runq))].ptr()
+			drainQ.pushBack(gp)
+		}
+		if atomic.CasRel(&_p_.runqhead, h, h+qn) { // cas-release, commits consume
+			n += qn
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Clean up if it failed to drain _p_ in this round and start over until it succeed.
+		drainQ = gQueue{}
+		n = 0
+		// Push the prior old _p_.runnext back into drainQ.
+		if getNext {
+			drainQ.pushBack(oldNext.ptr())
+			n++
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Grabs a batch of goroutines from _p_'s runnable queue into batch.
 // Batch is a ring buffer starting at batchHead.
 // Returns number of grabbed goroutines.
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime2.go b/src/runtime/runtime2.go
index 387841e60ba..82b6c596e5e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime2.go
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime2.go
@@ -622,6 +622,9 @@ type p struct {
 	// unit and eliminates the (potentially large) scheduling
 	// latency that otherwise arises from adding the ready'd
 	// goroutines to the end of the run queue.
+	//
+	// Note that while other P's may atomically CAS this to zero,
+	// only the owner P can CAS it to a valid G.
 	runnext guintptr
 
 	// Available G's (status == Gdead)