diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 4a58bef..fd588ffc 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -380,6 +380,29 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * Hit a marked page without valid readahead state.
+	 * E.g. interleaved reads.
+	 * Query the pagecache for async_size, which normally equals to
+	 * readahead size. Ramp it up and use it as the new readahead size.
+	 */
+	if (hit_readahead_marker) {
+		pgoff_t start;
+
+		read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		start = radix_tree_next_hole(&mapping->page_tree, offset, max+1);
+		read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+
+		if (!start || start - offset > max)
+			return 0;
+
+		ra->start = start;
+		ra->size = start - offset;	/* old async_size */
+		ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
+		ra->async_size = ra->size;
+		goto readit;
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * It may be one of
 	 * 	- first read on start of file
 	 * 	- sequential cache miss
@@ -390,16 +413,6 @@
 	ra->size = get_init_ra_size(req_size, max);
 	ra->async_size = ra->size > req_size ? ra->size - req_size : ra->size;
 
-	/*
-	 * Hit on a marked page without valid readahead state.
-	 * E.g. interleaved reads.
-	 * Not knowing its readahead pos/size, bet on the minimal possible one.
-	 */
-	if (hit_readahead_marker) {
-		ra->start++;
-		ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
-	}
-
 readit:
 	return ra_submit(ra, mapping, filp);
 }