diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 6d7274619bf916c2dcf0d7744ba8d888d948d711..e2f3ad0879ce9165f60d6e5c8cd4a6b4e523d87e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ static int blkdev_readpage(struct file * file, struct page * page)
 	return block_read_full_page(page, blkdev_get_block);
 }
 
+static int blkdev_readpages(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+			struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
+{
+	return mpage_readpages(mapping, pages, nr_pages, blkdev_get_block);
+}
+
 static int blkdev_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
@@ -1622,6 +1628,7 @@ static int blkdev_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
 
 static const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.readpage	= blkdev_readpage,
+	.readpages	= blkdev_readpages,
 	.writepage	= blkdev_writepage,
 	.write_begin	= blkdev_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= blkdev_write_end,