diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 8f1cf599b572..ea650b8b02fb 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ void page_cache_ra_order(struct readahead_control *ractl,
 		struct file_ra_state *ra, unsigned int new_order)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = ractl->mapping;
-	pgoff_t start = readahead_index(ractl);
-	pgoff_t index = start;
+	pgoff_t index = readahead_index(ractl);
 	unsigned int min_order = mapping_min_folio_order(mapping);
 	pgoff_t limit = (i_size_read(mapping->host) - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	pgoff_t mark = index + ra->size - ra->async_size;
@@ -522,7 +521,7 @@ void page_cache_ra_order(struct readahead_control *ractl,
 	if (!err)
 		return;
 fallback:
-	do_page_cache_ra(ractl, ra->size - (index - start), ra->async_size);
+	do_page_cache_ra(ractl, ra->size, ra->async_size);
 }
 
 static unsigned long ractl_max_pages(struct readahead_control *ractl,