static void lo_complete_rq(struct request *rq)
 {
        struct loop_cmd *cmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
+       blk_status_t ret = BLK_STS_OK;
 
-       if (unlikely(req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_READ && cmd->use_aio &&
-                    cmd->ret >= 0 && cmd->ret < blk_rq_bytes(rq))) {
-               struct bio *bio = rq->bio;
-
-               bio_advance(bio, cmd->ret);
-               zero_fill_bio(bio);
+       if (!cmd->use_aio || cmd->ret < 0 || cmd->ret == blk_rq_bytes(rq) ||
+           req_op(rq) != REQ_OP_READ) {
+               if (cmd->ret < 0)
+                       ret = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+               goto end_io;
        }
 
-       blk_mq_end_request(rq, cmd->ret < 0 ? BLK_STS_IOERR : BLK_STS_OK);
+       /*
+        * Short READ - if we got some data, advance our request and
+        * retry it. If we got no data, end the rest with EIO.
+        */
+       if (cmd->ret) {
+               blk_update_request(rq, BLK_STS_OK, cmd->ret);
+               cmd->ret = 0;
+               blk_mq_requeue_request(rq, true);
+       } else {
+               if (cmd->use_aio) {
+                       struct bio *bio = rq->bio;
+
+                       while (bio) {
+                               zero_fill_bio(bio);
+                               bio = bio->bi_next;
+                       }
+               }
+               ret = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+end_io:
+               blk_mq_end_request(rq, ret);
+       }
 }
 
 static void lo_rw_aio_do_completion(struct loop_cmd *cmd)