* forward read-ahead, it will be fixed when backward
                         * read-ahead is implemented
                         */
-                       LASSERTF(page_idx > ria->ria_stoff, "Invalid page_idx %lu rs %lu re %lu ro %lu rl %lu rp %lu\n",
+                       LASSERTF(page_idx >= ria->ria_stoff, "Invalid page_idx %lu rs %lu re %lu ro %lu rl %lu rp %lu\n",
                                 page_idx,
                                 ria->ria_start, ria->ria_end, ria->ria_stoff,
                                 ria->ria_length, ria->ria_pages);
        }
 
        /* Reserve a part of the read-ahead window that we'll be issuing */
-       if (ras->ras_window_len) {
-               start = ras->ras_next_readahead;
+       if (ras->ras_window_len > 0) {
+               /*
+                * Note: other thread might rollback the ras_next_readahead,
+                * if it can not get the full size of prepared pages, see the
+                * end of this function. For stride read ahead, it needs to
+                * make sure the offset is no less than ras_stride_offset,
+                * so that stride read ahead can work correctly.
+                */
+               if (stride_io_mode(ras))
+                       start = max(ras->ras_next_readahead,
+                                   ras->ras_stride_offset);
+               else
+                       start = ras->ras_next_readahead;
                end = ras->ras_window_start + ras->ras_window_len - 1;
        }
+
        if (end != 0) {
                unsigned long rpc_boundary;
                /*