diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
index 6569746..54422a2 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
@@ -222,171 +222,6 @@ static void pblk_end_io_read(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 	__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, true);
 }
 
-static void pblk_end_partial_read(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
-{
-	struct pblk *pblk = rqd->private;
-	struct pblk_g_ctx *r_ctx = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
-	struct pblk_pr_ctx *pr_ctx = r_ctx->private;
-	struct pblk_sec_meta *meta;
-	struct bio *new_bio = rqd->bio;
-	struct bio *bio = pr_ctx->orig_bio;
-	struct bio_vec src_bv, dst_bv;
-	void *meta_list = rqd->meta_list;
-	int bio_init_idx = pr_ctx->bio_init_idx;
-	unsigned long *read_bitmap = pr_ctx->bitmap;
-	int nr_secs = pr_ctx->orig_nr_secs;
-	int nr_holes = nr_secs - bitmap_weight(read_bitmap, nr_secs);
-	void *src_p, *dst_p;
-	int hole, i;
-
-	if (unlikely(nr_holes == 1)) {
-		struct ppa_addr ppa;
-
-		ppa = rqd->ppa_addr;
-		rqd->ppa_list = pr_ctx->ppa_ptr;
-		rqd->dma_ppa_list = pr_ctx->dma_ppa_list;
-		rqd->ppa_list[0] = ppa;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_secs; i++) {
-		meta = pblk_get_meta(pblk, meta_list, i);
-		pr_ctx->lba_list_media[i] = le64_to_cpu(meta->lba);
-		meta->lba = cpu_to_le64(pr_ctx->lba_list_mem[i]);
-	}
-
-	/* Fill the holes in the original bio */
-	i = 0;
-	hole = find_first_zero_bit(read_bitmap, nr_secs);
-	do {
-		struct pblk_line *line;
-
-		line = pblk_ppa_to_line(pblk, rqd->ppa_list[i]);
-		kref_put(&line->ref, pblk_line_put);
-
-		meta = pblk_get_meta(pblk, meta_list, hole);
-		meta->lba = cpu_to_le64(pr_ctx->lba_list_media[i]);
-
-		src_bv = new_bio->bi_io_vec[i++];
-		dst_bv = bio->bi_io_vec[bio_init_idx + hole];
-
-		src_p = kmap_atomic(src_bv.bv_page);
-		dst_p = kmap_atomic(dst_bv.bv_page);
-
-		memcpy(dst_p + dst_bv.bv_offset,
-			src_p + src_bv.bv_offset,
-			PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE);
-
-		kunmap_atomic(src_p);
-		kunmap_atomic(dst_p);
-
-		mempool_free(src_bv.bv_page, &pblk->page_bio_pool);
-
-		hole = find_next_zero_bit(read_bitmap, nr_secs, hole + 1);
-	} while (hole < nr_secs);
-
-	bio_put(new_bio);
-	kfree(pr_ctx);
-
-	/* restore original request */
-	rqd->bio = NULL;
-	rqd->nr_ppas = nr_secs;
-
-	pblk_end_user_read(bio, rqd->error);
-	__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
-}
-
-static int pblk_setup_partial_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
-			    unsigned int bio_init_idx,
-			    unsigned long *read_bitmap,
-			    int nr_holes)
-{
-	void *meta_list = rqd->meta_list;
-	struct pblk_g_ctx *r_ctx = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
-	struct pblk_pr_ctx *pr_ctx;
-	struct bio *new_bio, *bio = r_ctx->private;
-	int nr_secs = rqd->nr_ppas;
-	int i;
-
-	new_bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_holes);
-
-	if (pblk_bio_add_pages(pblk, new_bio, GFP_KERNEL, nr_holes))
-		goto fail_bio_put;
-
-	if (nr_holes != new_bio->bi_vcnt) {
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "pblk: malformed bio\n");
-		goto fail_free_pages;
-	}
-
-	pr_ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pblk_pr_ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pr_ctx)
-		goto fail_free_pages;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_secs; i++) {
-		struct pblk_sec_meta *meta = pblk_get_meta(pblk, meta_list, i);
-
-		pr_ctx->lba_list_mem[i] = le64_to_cpu(meta->lba);
-	}
-
-	new_bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = 0; /* internal bio */
-	bio_set_op_attrs(new_bio, REQ_OP_READ, 0);
-
-	rqd->bio = new_bio;
-	rqd->nr_ppas = nr_holes;
-
-	pr_ctx->orig_bio = bio;
-	bitmap_copy(pr_ctx->bitmap, read_bitmap, NVM_MAX_VLBA);
-	pr_ctx->bio_init_idx = bio_init_idx;
-	pr_ctx->orig_nr_secs = nr_secs;
-	r_ctx->private = pr_ctx;
-
-	if (unlikely(nr_holes == 1)) {
-		pr_ctx->ppa_ptr = rqd->ppa_list;
-		pr_ctx->dma_ppa_list = rqd->dma_ppa_list;
-		rqd->ppa_addr = rqd->ppa_list[0];
-	}
-	return 0;
-
-fail_free_pages:
-	pblk_bio_free_pages(pblk, new_bio, 0, new_bio->bi_vcnt);
-fail_bio_put:
-	bio_put(new_bio);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
-}
-
-static int pblk_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
-				 unsigned int bio_init_idx,
-				 unsigned long *read_bitmap, int nr_secs)
-{
-	int nr_holes;
-	int ret;
-
-	nr_holes = nr_secs - bitmap_weight(read_bitmap, nr_secs);
-
-	if (pblk_setup_partial_read(pblk, rqd, bio_init_idx, read_bitmap,
-				    nr_holes))
-		return NVM_IO_ERR;
-
-	rqd->end_io = pblk_end_partial_read;
-
-	ret = pblk_submit_io(pblk, rqd);
-	if (ret) {
-		bio_put(rqd->bio);
-		pblk_err(pblk, "partial read IO submission failed\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	return NVM_IO_OK;
-
-err:
-	pblk_err(pblk, "failed to perform partial read\n");
-
-	/* Free allocated pages in new bio */
-	pblk_bio_free_pages(pblk, rqd->bio, 0, rqd->bio->bi_vcnt);
-	__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
-	return NVM_IO_ERR;
-}
-
 static void pblk_read_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd, struct bio *bio,
 			 sector_t lba, unsigned long *read_bitmap)
 {
@@ -432,11 +267,11 @@ int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
 	struct request_queue *q = dev->q;
+	struct bio *split_bio, *int_bio;
 	sector_t blba = pblk_get_lba(bio);
 	unsigned int nr_secs = pblk_get_secs(bio);
 	struct pblk_g_ctx *r_ctx;
 	struct nvm_rq *rqd;
-	unsigned int bio_init_idx;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(read_bitmap, NVM_MAX_VLBA);
 	int ret = NVM_IO_ERR;
 
@@ -456,61 +291,66 @@ int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio)
 	r_ctx = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
 	r_ctx->start_time = jiffies;
 	r_ctx->lba = blba;
-	r_ctx->private = bio; /* original bio */
 
-	/* Save the index for this bio's start. This is needed in case
-	 * we need to fill a partial read.
+	/* Clone read bio to deal with:
+	 * -usage of bio_advance() when memcpy data from round buffer
+	 * -read errors in case of reading from device
 	 */
-	bio_init_idx = pblk_get_bi_idx(bio);
+	int_bio = bio_clone_fast(bio, GFP_KERNEL, &pblk_bio_set);
+	if (!int_bio)
+		return NVM_IO_ERR;
 
 	if (pblk_alloc_rqd_meta(pblk, rqd))
 		goto fail_rqd_free;
 
 	if (nr_secs > 1)
-		pblk_read_ppalist_rq(pblk, rqd, bio, blba, read_bitmap);
+		pblk_read_ppalist_rq(pblk, rqd, int_bio, blba, read_bitmap);
 	else
-		pblk_read_rq(pblk, rqd, bio, blba, read_bitmap);
+		pblk_read_rq(pblk, rqd, int_bio, blba, read_bitmap);
+
+split_retry:
+	r_ctx->private = bio; /* original bio */
 
-	if (bitmap_full(read_bitmap, nr_secs)) {
+	if (bitmap_full(read_bitmap, rqd->nr_ppas)) {
+		bio_put(int_bio);
 		atomic_inc(&pblk->inflight_io);
 		__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
 		return NVM_IO_DONE;
 	}
 
-	/* All sectors are to be read from the device */
-	if (bitmap_empty(read_bitmap, rqd->nr_ppas)) {
-		struct bio *int_bio = NULL;
+	if (!bitmap_empty(read_bitmap, rqd->nr_ppas)) {
+		/* The read bio request could be partially filled by the write
+		 * buffer, but there are some holes that need to be read from
+		 * the drive. In order to handle this, we will use block layer
+		 * mechanism to split this request in to smaller ones.
+		 */
+		split_bio = bio_split(bio, NR_PHY_IN_LOG, GFP_KERNEL,
+					&pblk_bio_set);
+		bio_chain(split_bio, bio);
+		generic_make_request(bio);
+
+		/* Retry after split with new bio and existing rqd */
+		bio = split_bio;
+		rqd->nr_ppas = 1;
+		rqd->ppa_addr = rqd->ppa_list[0];
 
-		/* Clone read bio to deal with read errors internally */
+		/* Recreate int_bio for the retry needs */
+		bio_put(int_bio);
 		int_bio = bio_clone_fast(bio, GFP_KERNEL, &pblk_bio_set);
-		if (!int_bio) {
-			pblk_err(pblk, "could not clone read bio\n");
-			goto fail_end_io;
-		}
-
-		rqd->bio = int_bio;
-
-		if (pblk_submit_io(pblk, rqd)) {
-			pblk_err(pblk, "read IO submission failed\n");
-			ret = NVM_IO_ERR;
-			goto fail_end_io;
-		}
-
-		return NVM_IO_OK;
+		if (!int_bio)
+			return NVM_IO_ERR;
+		goto split_retry;
 	}
 
-	/* The read bio request could be partially filled by the write buffer,
-	 * but there are some holes that need to be read from the drive.
-	 */
-	ret = pblk_partial_read_bio(pblk, rqd, bio_init_idx, read_bitmap,
-				    nr_secs);
-	if (ret)
-		goto fail_meta_free;
-
+	/* All sectors are to be read from the device */
+	rqd->bio = int_bio;
+	if (pblk_submit_io(pblk, rqd)) {
+		pblk_err(pblk, "read IO submission failed\n");
+		ret = NVM_IO_ERR;
+		goto fail_end_io;
+	}
 	return NVM_IO_OK;
 
-fail_meta_free:
-	nvm_dev_dma_free(dev->parent, rqd->meta_list, rqd->dma_meta_list);
 fail_rqd_free:
 	pblk_free_rqd(pblk, rqd, PBLK_READ);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 381f074..0a85990 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -123,18 +123,6 @@ struct pblk_g_ctx {
 	u64 lba;
 };
 
-/* partial read context */
-struct pblk_pr_ctx {
-	struct bio *orig_bio;
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmap, NVM_MAX_VLBA);
-	unsigned int orig_nr_secs;
-	unsigned int bio_init_idx;
-	void *ppa_ptr;
-	dma_addr_t dma_ppa_list;
-	u64 lba_list_mem[NVM_MAX_VLBA];
-	u64 lba_list_media[NVM_MAX_VLBA];
-};
-
 /* Pad context */
 struct pblk_pad_rq {
 	struct pblk *pblk;
