diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index 832867aef3dc..773459164bb2 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -95,11 +95,10 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
 			 void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	unsigned long offset, blk;
-	int i, num, stored;
-	struct buffer_head * bh, * tmp, * bha[16];
-	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de;
-	struct super_block * sb;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	int i, stored;
+	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de;
+	struct super_block *sb;
 	int err;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -124,12 +123,29 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
 	}
 #endif
 	stored = 0;
-	bh = NULL;
 	offset = filp->f_pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
 
 	while (!error && !stored && filp->f_pos < inode->i_size) {
-		blk = (filp->f_pos) >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
-		bh = ext3_bread(NULL, inode, blk, 0, &err);
+		unsigned long blk = filp->f_pos >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
+		struct buffer_head map_bh;
+		struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+
+		map_bh.b_state = 0;
+		err = ext3_get_block_handle(NULL, inode, blk, &map_bh, 0, 0);
+		if (!err) {
+			page_cache_readahead(sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping,
+				&filp->f_ra,
+				filp,
+				map_bh.b_blocknr >>
+					(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits),
+				1);
+			bh = ext3_bread(NULL, inode, blk, 0, &err);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We ignore I/O errors on directories so users have a chance
+		 * of recovering data when there's a bad sector
+		 */
 		if (!bh) {
 			ext3_error (sb, "ext3_readdir",
 				"directory #%lu contains a hole at offset %lu",
@@ -138,26 +154,6 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * Do the readahead
-		 */
-		if (!offset) {
-			for (i = 16 >> (EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb) - 9), num = 0;
-			     i > 0; i--) {
-				tmp = ext3_getblk (NULL, inode, ++blk, 0, &err);
-				if (tmp && !buffer_uptodate(tmp) &&
-						!buffer_locked(tmp))
-					bha[num++] = tmp;
-				else
-					brelse (tmp);
-			}
-			if (num) {
-				ll_rw_block (READA, num, bha);
-				for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
-					brelse (bha[i]);
-			}
-		}
-
 revalidate:
 		/* If the dir block has changed since the last call to
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 0384e539b88f..d59d5a667b0b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static int ext3_splice_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, long block,
  * The BKL may not be held on entry here.  Be sure to take it early.
  */
 
-static int
+int
 ext3_get_block_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create, int extend_disksize)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index c0272d73ab20..e7239f2f97a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -772,9 +772,12 @@ extern unsigned long ext3_count_free (struct buffer_head *, unsigned);
 
 
 /* inode.c */
-extern int ext3_forget(handle_t *, int, struct inode *, struct buffer_head *, int);
-extern struct buffer_head * ext3_getblk (handle_t *, struct inode *, long, int, int *);
-extern struct buffer_head * ext3_bread (handle_t *, struct inode *, int, int, int *);
+int ext3_forget(handle_t *, int, struct inode *, struct buffer_head *, int);
+struct buffer_head * ext3_getblk (handle_t *, struct inode *, long, int, int *);
+struct buffer_head * ext3_bread (handle_t *, struct inode *, int, int, int *);
+int ext3_get_block_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+	sector_t iblock, struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create,
+	int extend_disksize);
 
 extern void ext3_read_inode (struct inode *);
 extern int  ext3_write_inode (struct inode *, int);
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 301b36c4a0ce..0f142a40984b 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
 out:
 	return ra->prev_page + 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_readahead);
 
 /*
  * handle_ra_miss() is called when it is known that a page which should have