diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 3d0e2c198f0614dbaf22db657a2bfc9336f89ebd..f54ba99c089f5a8d41fca6acebcbe96ea62d5f5f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1937,6 +1937,9 @@ void dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 	 */
 	if (blk_queue_add_random(q) && dm_table_all_devices_attribute(t, device_is_not_random))
 		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, q);
+
+	/* Allow reads to exceed readahead limits */
+	q->backing_dev_info->io_pages = limits->max_sectors >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
 }
 
 unsigned int dm_table_get_num_targets(struct dm_table *t)