diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index d7538d83c367..0a6916423e7d 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ __generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 		 */
 		page = find_get_page(mapping, index);
 		if (!page) {
+			/*
+			 * Make sure the read-ahead engine is notified
+			 * about this failure.
+			 */
+			handle_ra_miss(mapping, &in->f_ra, index);
+
 			/*
 			 * page didn't exist, allocate one.
 			 */