diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 80001de019ba..fa08f3cf0f22 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2036,8 +2036,6 @@ void page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 				pgoff_t offset,
 				unsigned long size);
 
-unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr);
-
 /* Generic expand stack which grows the stack according to GROWS{UP,DOWN} */
 extern int expand_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address);
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 327910c2400c..1fe962b49f31 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1807,7 +1807,6 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				   struct file *file,
 				   pgoff_t offset)
 {
-	unsigned long ra_pages;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 
 	/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
@@ -1836,10 +1835,9 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	/*
 	 * mmap read-around
 	 */
-	ra_pages = max_sane_readahead(ra->ra_pages);
-	ra->start = max_t(long, 0, offset - ra_pages / 2);
-	ra->size = ra_pages;
-	ra->async_size = ra_pages / 4;
+	ra->start = max_t(long, 0, offset - ra->ra_pages / 2);
+	ra->size = ra->ra_pages;
+	ra->async_size = ra->ra_pages / 4;
 	ra_submit(ra, mapping, file);
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 24682f6f4cfd..998ad592f408 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
 	if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	nr_to_read = max_sane_readahead(nr_to_read);
+	nr_to_read = min(nr_to_read, inode_to_bdi(mapping->host)->ra_pages);
 	while (nr_to_read) {
 		int err;
 
@@ -232,16 +232,6 @@ int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define MAX_READAHEAD   ((512*4096)/PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-/*
- * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
- * sensible upper limit.
- */
-unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
-{
-	return min(nr, MAX_READAHEAD);
-}
-
 /*
  * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square
  * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large
@@ -380,7 +370,7 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 		   bool hit_readahead_marker, pgoff_t offset,
 		   unsigned long req_size)
 {
-	unsigned long max = max_sane_readahead(ra->ra_pages);
+	unsigned long max = ra->ra_pages;
 	pgoff_t prev_offset;
 
 	/*