diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index a2346a2f8361..4b946e6a052f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ extern const struct export_operations nfs_export_ops;
 
 struct nfs_string;
 
-/* Maximum number of readahead requests
- * FIXME: this should really be a sysctl so that users may tune it to suit
- *        their needs. People that do NFS over a slow network, might for
- *        instance want to reduce it to something closer to 1 for improved
- *        interactive response.
- */
-#define NFS_MAX_READAHEAD	(RPC_DEF_SLOT_TABLE - 1)
-
 static inline void nfs_attr_check_mountpoint(struct super_block *parent, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 {
 	if (!nfs_fsid_equal(&NFS_SB(parent)->fsid, &fattr->fsid))
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 703f595dce90..c96194e28692 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2627,6 +2627,13 @@ int nfs_clone_sb_security(struct super_block *s, struct dentry *mntroot,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_clone_sb_security);
 
+static void nfs_set_readahead(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+			      unsigned long iomax_pages)
+{
+	bdi->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
+	bdi->io_pages = iomax_pages;
+}
+
 struct dentry *nfs_fs_mount_common(struct nfs_server *server,
 				   int flags, const char *dev_name,
 				   struct nfs_mount_info *mount_info,
@@ -2669,7 +2676,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_fs_mount_common(struct nfs_server *server,
 			mntroot = ERR_PTR(error);
 			goto error_splat_super;
 		}
-		s->s_bdi->ra_pages = server->rpages * NFS_MAX_READAHEAD;
+		nfs_set_readahead(s->s_bdi, server->rpages);
 		server->super = s;
 	}