diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index c4ca70239233..59aa0d06f254 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 {
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(mapping->host);
 	unsigned long max_pages = ra->ra_pages;
+	unsigned long add_pages;
 	pgoff_t prev_offset;
 
 	/*
@@ -469,10 +470,17 @@ readit:
 	 * Will this read hit the readahead marker made by itself?
 	 * If so, trigger the readahead marker hit now, and merge
 	 * the resulted next readahead window into the current one.
+	 * Take care of maximum IO pages as above.
 	 */
 	if (offset == ra->start && ra->size == ra->async_size) {
-		ra->async_size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max_pages);
-		ra->size += ra->async_size;
+		add_pages = get_next_ra_size(ra, max_pages);
+		if (ra->size + add_pages <= max_pages) {
+			ra->async_size = add_pages;
+			ra->size += add_pages;
+		} else {
+			ra->size = max_pages;
+			ra->async_size = max_pages >> 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ra_submit(ra, mapping, filp);