1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 033bc135a41f..337b20e946f6 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (!ra->ra_pages)
 		return;
 
+	/* be dumb */
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM) {
+		force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* do read-ahead */
 	ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, false, offset, req_size);
 }