if (!ctx->bio || !is_contig || bio_full(ctx->bio, plen)) {
                gfp_t gfp = mapping_gfp_constraint(page->mapping, GFP_KERNEL);
+               gfp_t orig_gfp = gfp;
                int nr_vecs = (length + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
                if (ctx->bio)
                if (ctx->is_readahead) /* same as readahead_gfp_mask */
                        gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
                ctx->bio = bio_alloc(gfp, min(BIO_MAX_PAGES, nr_vecs));
+               /*
+                * If the bio_alloc fails, try it again for a single page to
+                * avoid having to deal with partial page reads.  This emulates
+                * what do_mpage_readpage does.
+                */
+               if (!ctx->bio)
+                       ctx->bio = bio_alloc(orig_gfp, 1);
                ctx->bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_READ;
                if (ctx->is_readahead)
                        ctx->bio->bi_opf |= REQ_RAHEAD;