diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 093649bd252e71..18c092f8d69175 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -538,8 +538,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(int node_id)
 	if (!q->stats)
 		goto fail_stats;
 
-	q->backing_dev_info->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
-	q->backing_dev_info->io_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
 	q->backing_dev_info->capabilities = BDI_CAP_CGROUP_WRITEBACK;
 	q->node = node_id;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 7d930569a7dfb7..b5e5d3140f578e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -2196,6 +2196,8 @@ static struct backing_dev_info * __init mtd_bdi_init(char *name)
 	bdi = bdi_alloc(NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	if (!bdi)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	bdi->ra_pages = 0;
+	bdi->io_pages = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * We put '-0' suffix to the name to get the same name format as we
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 74df32be4c6a52..e34fa20acf612e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ v9fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (v9ses->cache)
-		sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
+	if (!v9ses->cache) {
+		sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = 0;
+		sb->s_bdi->io_pages = 0;
+	}
 
 	sb->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE | SB_DIRSYNC;
 	if (!v9ses->cache)
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index b552357b1d1379..3a40ee752c1e3f 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ static int afs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct afs_fs_context *ctx)
 	ret = super_setup_bdi(sb);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	sb->s_bdi->ra_pages	= VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
 
 	/* allocate the root inode and dentry */
 	if (as->dyn_root) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index f6bba7eb1fa171..047934cea25efa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3092,7 +3092,6 @@ int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb, struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_device
 	}
 
 	sb->s_bdi->capabilities |= BDI_CAP_CGROUP_WRITEBACK;
-	sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
 	sb->s_bdi->ra_pages *= btrfs_super_num_devices(disk_super);
 	sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = max(sb->s_bdi->ra_pages, SZ_4M / PAGE_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index bba747520e9b08..17b00670fb539e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,6 @@ static int fuse_bdi_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
 	/* fuse does it's own writeback accounting */
 	sb->s_bdi->capabilities = BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_WB | BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 7a70287f21a2c1..f943e37853fa25 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1200,13 +1200,6 @@ static void nfs_get_cache_cookie(struct super_block *sb,
 }
 #endif
 
-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;
-}
-
 int nfs_get_tree_common(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct nfs_fs_context *ctx = nfs_fc2context(fc);
@@ -1251,7 +1244,7 @@ int nfs_get_tree_common(struct fs_context *fc)
 					     MINOR(server->s_dev));
 		if (error)
 			goto error_splat_super;
-		nfs_set_readahead(s->s_bdi, server->rpages);
+		s->s_bdi->io_pages = server->rpages;
 		server->super = s;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index a2420c900275a8..fbddb2a1c03f5e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,8 @@ static int ubifs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 				   c->vi.vol_id);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_close;
+	sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = 0;
+	sb->s_bdi->io_pages = 0;
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = c;
 	sb->s_magic = UBIFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/super.c b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
index 8fe03b4a0d2b03..8e3792177a8523 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/super.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ static int vboxsf_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	err = super_setup_bdi_name(sb, "vboxsf-%d", sbi->bdi_id);
 	if (err)
 		goto fail_free;
+	sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = 0;
+	sb->s_bdi->io_pages = 0;
 
 	/* Turn source into a shfl_string and map the folder */
 	size = strlen(fc->source) + 1;
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 8e8b00627bb2d8..2dac3be6127127 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -746,6 +746,8 @@ struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc(int node_id)
 		kfree(bdi);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	bdi->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
+	bdi->io_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
 	return bdi;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_alloc);
