diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index f477f18..5cfeee1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -1642,7 +1642,8 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
+int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct file *filp,
+			     struct address_space *mapping,
 			     loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			     struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
 			     struct buffer_head *di_bh, struct page *mmap_page)
@@ -1692,7 +1693,7 @@
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	} else if (ret == 1) {
-		ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, di_bh,
+		ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, filp, di_bh,
 					 wc->w_cpos, wc->w_clen, UINT_MAX);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1854,7 +1855,7 @@
 	 */
 	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+	ret = ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
 				       fsdata, di_bh, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
index c48e93f..7606f66 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
 			   loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 			   struct page *page, void *fsdata);
 
-int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
+int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct file *filp,
+			     struct address_space *mapping,
 			     loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			     struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
 			     struct buffer_head *di_bh, struct page *mmap_page);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index b03f660..9a74542e1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 	if (!(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED))
 		goto out;
 
-	return ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, fe_bh, cpos, 1, cpos+1);
+	return ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, NULL, fe_bh, cpos, 1, cpos+1);
 
 out:
 	return status;
@@ -903,8 +903,8 @@
 		zero_clusters = last_cpos - zero_cpos;
 
 	if (needs_cow) {
-		rc = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, di_bh, zero_cpos, zero_clusters,
-					UINT_MAX);
+		rc = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, NULL, di_bh, zero_cpos,
+					zero_clusters, UINT_MAX);
 		if (rc) {
 			mlog_errno(rc);
 			goto out;
@@ -2052,6 +2052,7 @@
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+					    struct file *file,
 					    loff_t pos, size_t count,
 					    int *meta_level)
 {
@@ -2069,7 +2070,7 @@
 
 	*meta_level = 1;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, di_bh, cpos, clusters, UINT_MAX);
+	ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, file, di_bh, cpos, clusters, UINT_MAX);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 out:
@@ -2077,7 +2078,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(struct dentry *dentry,
+static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(struct file *file,
 					 loff_t *ppos,
 					 size_t count,
 					 int appending,
@@ -2085,6 +2086,7 @@
 					 int *has_refcount)
 {
 	int ret = 0, meta_level = 0;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	loff_t saved_pos, end;
 
@@ -2140,6 +2142,7 @@
 			meta_level = -1;
 
 			ret = ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_refcount(inode,
+							       file,
 							       saved_pos,
 							       count,
 							       &meta_level);
@@ -2254,7 +2257,7 @@
 	}
 
 	can_do_direct = direct_io;
-	ret = ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(file->f_path.dentry, ppos,
+	ret = ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(file, ppos,
 					    iocb->ki_left, appending,
 					    &can_do_direct, &has_refcount);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -2373,7 +2376,7 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(out->f_path.dentry,	&sd->pos,
+	ret = ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(out, &sd->pos,
 					    sd->total_len, 0, NULL, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
index 4c18f4a..7e32db9c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+static int __ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct file *file, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 				struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page);
 	unsigned int len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@
 	if (page->index == last_index)
 		len = ((size - 1) & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK) + 1;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(mapping, pos, len, 0, &locked_page,
+	ret = ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(file, mapping, pos, len, 0, &locked_page,
 				       &fsdata, di_bh, page);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
 	 */
 	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 
-	ret = __ocfs2_page_mkwrite(inode, di_bh, page);
+	ret = __ocfs2_page_mkwrite(vma->vm_file, di_bh, page);
 
 	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 0afeda831..a120cfc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 struct ocfs2_cow_context {
 	struct inode *inode;
+	struct file *file;
 	u32 cow_start;
 	u32 cow_len;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree data_et;
@@ -2932,13 +2933,16 @@
 	u64 new_block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, new_cluster);
 	struct page *page;
 	pgoff_t page_index;
-	unsigned int from, to;
+	unsigned int from, to, readahead_pages;
 	loff_t offset, end, map_end;
 	struct address_space *mapping = context->inode->i_mapping;
 
 	mlog(0, "old_cluster %u, new %u, len %u at offset %u\n", old_cluster,
 	     new_cluster, new_len, cpos);
 
+	readahead_pages =
+		(ocfs2_cow_contig_clusters(sb) <<
+		 OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	offset = ((loff_t)cpos) << OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits;
 	end = offset + (new_len << OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
 	/*
@@ -2969,6 +2973,14 @@
 		if (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE <= OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize)
 			BUG_ON(PageDirty(page));
 
+		if (PageReadahead(page) && context->file) {
+			page_cache_async_readahead(mapping,
+						   &context->file->f_ra,
+						   context->file,
+						   page, page_index,
+						   readahead_pages);
+		}
+
 		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
 			ret = block_read_full_page(page, ocfs2_get_block);
 			if (ret) {
@@ -3409,12 +3421,35 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_readahead_for_cow(struct inode *inode,
+				    struct file *file,
+				    u32 start, u32 len)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+	pgoff_t index;
+	unsigned long num_pages;
+	int cs_bits = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize_bits;
+
+	if (!file)
+		return;
+
+	mapping = file->f_mapping;
+	num_pages = (len << cs_bits) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	if (!num_pages)
+		num_pages = 1;
+
+	index = ((loff_t)start << cs_bits) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, &file->f_ra, file,
+				  index, num_pages);
+}
+
 /*
  * Starting at cpos, try to CoW write_len clusters.  Don't CoW
  * past max_cpos.  This will stop when it runs into a hole or an
  * unrefcounted extent.
  */
 static int ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct file *file,
 				   struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 				   u32 cpos, u32 write_len, u32 max_cpos)
 {
@@ -3443,6 +3478,8 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(cow_len == 0);
 
+	ocfs2_readahead_for_cow(inode, file, cow_start, cow_len);
+
 	context = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_cow_context), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!context) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -3464,6 +3501,7 @@
 	context->ref_root_bh = ref_root_bh;
 	context->cow_duplicate_clusters = ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_page;
 	context->get_clusters = ocfs2_di_get_clusters;
+	context->file = file;
 
 	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&context->data_et,
 				      INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
@@ -3492,6 +3530,7 @@
  * clusters between cpos and cpos+write_len are safe to modify.
  */
 int ocfs2_refcount_cow(struct inode *inode,
+		       struct file *file,
 		       struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		       u32 cpos, u32 write_len, u32 max_cpos)
 {
@@ -3511,7 +3550,7 @@
 			num_clusters = write_len;
 
 		if (ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED) {
-			ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk(inode, di_bh, cpos,
+			ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk(inode, file, di_bh, cpos,
 						      num_clusters, max_cpos);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.h b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.h
index f04892d..c8ce46f7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 					  u32 clusters,
 					  int *credits,
 					  int *ref_blocks);
-int ocfs2_refcount_cow(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+int ocfs2_refcount_cow(struct inode *inode,
+		       struct file *filep, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		       u32 cpos, u32 write_len, u32 max_cpos);
 
 typedef int (ocfs2_post_refcount_func)(struct inode *inode,