diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index 469491e0af79..9b75a045dbf4 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(fadvise64_64)(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED:
-		if (!mapping->a_ops->readpage) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		}
-
 		/* First and last PARTIAL page! */
 		start_index = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 		end_index = endbyte >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -106,12 +101,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(fadvise64_64)(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 		nrpages = end_index - start_index + 1;
 		if (!nrpages)
 			nrpages = ~0UL;
-		
-		ret = force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, file,
-				start_index,
-				nrpages);
-		if (ret > 0)
-			ret = 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * Ignore return value because fadvise() shall return
+		 * success even if filesystem can't retrieve a hint,
+		 */
+		force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, file, start_index,
+					   nrpages);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE:
 		break;