diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 88354ae..c974a28 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1556,6 +1556,8 @@
 	/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
 	if (VM_RandomReadHint(vma))
 		return;
+	if (!ra->ra_pages)
+		return;
 
 	if (VM_SequentialReadHint(vma) ||
 			offset - 1 == (ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
@@ -1578,12 +1580,10 @@
 	 * mmap read-around
 	 */
 	ra_pages = max_sane_readahead(ra->ra_pages);
-	if (ra_pages) {
-		ra->start = max_t(long, 0, offset - ra_pages/2);
-		ra->size = ra_pages;
-		ra->async_size = 0;
-		ra_submit(ra, mapping, file);
-	}
+	ra->start = max_t(long, 0, offset - ra_pages / 2);
+	ra->size = ra_pages;
+	ra->async_size = 0;
+	ra_submit(ra, mapping, file);
 }
 
 /*