diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 5ca7216e9e01..d8cfc233e64b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 	mempool_t *mp;
 	struct request_queue *q;
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set;
-	enum { KB = 1024, MB = KB * KB, READ_AHEAD = 2 * MB, };
 	ulong flags;
 	int late = 0;
 	int err;
@@ -407,7 +406,8 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 	WARN_ON(d->gd);
 	WARN_ON(d->flags & DEVFL_UP);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
-	q->backing_dev_info->ra_pages = READ_AHEAD / PAGE_SIZE;
+	q->backing_dev_info->ra_pages = SZ_2M / PAGE_SIZE;
+	blk_queue_io_opt(q, SZ_2M);
 	d->bufpool = mp;
 	d->blkq = gd->queue = q;
 	q->queuedata = d;