diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 539bbb6..cda6b09 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
+#include <linux/blk-cgroup.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -500,6 +501,9 @@
 	if (!ra->ra_pages)
 		return;
 
+	if (blk_cgroup_congested())
+		return;
+
 	/* be dumb */
 	if (filp && (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM)) {
 		force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size);
@@ -550,6 +554,9 @@
 	if (inode_read_congested(mapping->host))
 		return;
 
+	if (blk_cgroup_congested())
+		return;
+
 	/* do read-ahead */
 	ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, true, offset, req_size);
 }