diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 972fd0ef230f..3581c2bde21b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -637,11 +637,17 @@ static int f2fs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de = NULL;
 	struct page *dentry_page = NULL;
+	struct file_ra_state *ra = &file->f_ra;
 	unsigned int n = ((unsigned long)ctx->pos / NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK);
 	unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
 	bit_pos = ((unsigned long)ctx->pos % NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK);
 
+	/* readahead for multi pages of dir */
+	if (npages - n > 1 && !ra_has_index(ra, n))
+		page_cache_sync_readahead(inode->i_mapping, ra, file, n,
+				min(npages - n, (pgoff_t)MAX_DIR_RA_PAGES));
+
 	for (; n < npages; n++) {
 		dentry_page = get_lock_data_page(inode, n);
 		if (IS_ERR(dentry_page))
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index e77be7cb1e60..2b67679f88b6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ enum {
 
 #define F2FS_LINK_MAX		32000	/* maximum link count per file */
 
+#define MAX_DIR_RA_PAGES	4	/* maximum ra pages of dir */
+
 /* for in-memory extent cache entry */
 #define F2FS_MIN_EXTENT_LEN	16	/* minimum extent length */