diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index e464b4e987e8..d1fe1a761047 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ PAGEFLAG(OwnerPriv1, owner_priv_1) TESTCLEARFLAG(OwnerPriv1, owner_priv_1)
 TESTPAGEFLAG(Writeback, writeback) TESTSCFLAG(Writeback, writeback)
 PAGEFLAG(MappedToDisk, mappedtodisk)
 
-/* PG_readahead is only used for file reads; PG_reclaim is only for writes */
+/* PG_readahead is only used for reads; PG_reclaim is only for writes */
 PAGEFLAG(Reclaim, reclaim) TESTCLEARFLAG(Reclaim, reclaim)
-PAGEFLAG(Readahead, reclaim)		/* Reminder to do async read-ahead */
+PAGEFLAG(Readahead, reclaim) TESTCLEARFLAG(Readahead, reclaim)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 /*
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 98e85e9c2b2d..e76ace30d436 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ unsigned long total_swapcache_pages(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static atomic_t swapin_readahead_hits = ATOMIC_INIT(4);
+
 void show_swap_cache_info(void)
 {
 	printk("%lu pages in swap cache\n", total_swapcache_pages());
@@ -286,8 +288,11 @@ struct page * lookup_swap_cache(swp_entry_t entry)
 
 	page = find_get_page(swap_address_space(entry), entry.val);
 
-	if (page)
+	if (page) {
 		INC_CACHE_INFO(find_success);
+		if (TestClearPageReadahead(page))
+			atomic_inc(&swapin_readahead_hits);
+	}
 
 	INC_CACHE_INFO(find_total);
 	return page;
@@ -389,6 +394,50 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	return found_page;
 }
 
+static unsigned long swapin_nr_pages(unsigned long offset)
+{
+	static unsigned long prev_offset;
+	unsigned int pages, max_pages, last_ra;
+	static atomic_t last_readahead_pages;
+
+	max_pages = 1 << ACCESS_ONCE(page_cluster);
+	if (max_pages <= 1)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * This heuristic has been found to work well on both sequential and
+	 * random loads, swapping to hard disk or to SSD: please don't ask
+	 * what the "+ 2" means, it just happens to work well, that's all.
+	 */
+	pages = atomic_xchg(&swapin_readahead_hits, 0) + 2;
+	if (pages == 2) {
+		/*
+		 * We can have no readahead hits to judge by: but must not get
+		 * stuck here forever, so check for an adjacent offset instead
+		 * (and don't even bother to check whether swap type is same).
+		 */
+		if (offset != prev_offset + 1 && offset != prev_offset - 1)
+			pages = 1;
+		prev_offset = offset;
+	} else {
+		unsigned int roundup = 4;
+		while (roundup < pages)
+			roundup <<= 1;
+		pages = roundup;
+	}
+
+	if (pages > max_pages)
+		pages = max_pages;
+
+	/* Don't shrink readahead too fast */
+	last_ra = atomic_read(&last_readahead_pages) / 2;
+	if (pages < last_ra)
+		pages = last_ra;
+	atomic_set(&last_readahead_pages, pages);
+
+	return pages;
+}
+
 /**
  * swapin_readahead - swap in pages in hope we need them soon
  * @entry: swap entry of this memory
@@ -412,11 +461,16 @@ struct page *swapin_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long offset = swp_offset(entry);
+	unsigned long entry_offset = swp_offset(entry);
+	unsigned long offset = entry_offset;
 	unsigned long start_offset, end_offset;
-	unsigned long mask = (1UL << page_cluster) - 1;
+	unsigned long mask;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 
+	mask = swapin_nr_pages(offset) - 1;
+	if (!mask)
+		goto skip;
+
 	/* Read a page_cluster sized and aligned cluster around offset. */
 	start_offset = offset & ~mask;
 	end_offset = offset | mask;
@@ -430,10 +484,13 @@ struct page *swapin_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 						gfp_mask, vma, addr);
 		if (!page)
 			continue;
+		if (offset != entry_offset)
+			SetPageReadahead(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
 	lru_add_drain();	/* Push any new pages onto the LRU now */
+skip:
 	return read_swap_cache_async(entry, gfp_mask, vma, addr);
 }