diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ed1d8f9ce5f9..11d7c2e403e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4570,6 +4570,7 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode,
 	struct buffer_head	*bh;
 	struct super_block	*sb = inode->i_sb;
 	ext4_fsblk_t		block;
+	struct blk_plug		plug;
 	int			inodes_per_block, inode_offset;
 
 	iloc->bh = NULL;
@@ -4658,6 +4659,7 @@ make_io:
 		 * If we need to do any I/O, try to pre-readahead extra
 		 * blocks from the inode table.
 		 */
+		blk_start_plug(&plug);
 		if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_inode_readahead_blks) {
 			ext4_fsblk_t b, end, table;
 			unsigned num;
@@ -4688,6 +4690,7 @@ make_io:
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
 		submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh);
+		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE_BLOCK(inode, block,