diff --git a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
index 27caf4bebddc..d387b27c4ee2 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include "compress.h"
 #include <linux/lz4.h>
 
-#define LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES	(DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_DISTANCE_MAX, PAGE_SIZE) + 1)
-
 static int z_erofs_load_lz4_config(struct super_block *sb,
 			    struct erofs_super_block *dsb, void *data, int size)
 {
@@ -21,8 +19,6 @@ static int z_erofs_load_lz4_config(struct super_block *sb,
 			erofs_err(sb, "invalid lz4 cfgs, size=%u", size);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		distance = le16_to_cpu(lz4->max_distance);
-
 		sbi->lz4.max_pclusterblks = le16_to_cpu(lz4->max_pclusterblks);
 		if (!sbi->lz4.max_pclusterblks) {
 			sbi->lz4.max_pclusterblks = 1;	/* reserved case */
@@ -39,45 +35,25 @@ static int z_erofs_load_lz4_config(struct super_block *sb,
 		sbi->lz4.max_pclusterblks = 1;
 		sbi->available_compr_algs = 1 << Z_EROFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4;
 	}
-
-	sbi->lz4.max_distance_pages = distance ?
-					DIV_ROUND_UP(distance, PAGE_SIZE) + 1 :
-					LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES;
 	return z_erofs_gbuf_growsize(sbi->lz4.max_pclusterblks);
 }
 
 /*
- * Fill all gaps with bounce pages if it's a sparse page list. Also check if
- * all physical pages are consecutive, which can be seen for moderate CR.
+ * Fill all gaps with bounce pages if it's a sparse page list (for example some
+ * folios are already uptodate and thus can be mapped into userspace). Also
+ * check if pages are physically consecutive, which can be seen for moderate CR.
  */
-static int z_erofs_lz4_prepare_dstpages(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-					struct page **pagepool)
+static int z_erofs_oneshot_prepare_dstpages(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
+					    struct page **pagepool)
 {
-	struct page *availables[LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES] = { NULL };
-	unsigned long bounced[DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES,
-					   BITS_PER_LONG)] = { 0 };
-	unsigned int lz4_max_distance_pages =
-				EROFS_SB(rq->sb)->lz4.max_distance_pages;
 	void *kaddr = NULL;
-	unsigned int i, j, top;
+	unsigned int i;
 
-	top = 0;
-	for (i = j = 0; i < rq->outpages; ++i, ++j) {
-		struct page *const page = rq->out[i];
-		struct page *victim;
-
-		if (j >= lz4_max_distance_pages)
-			j = 0;
-
-		/* 'valid' bounced can only be tested after a complete round */
-		if (!rq->fillgaps && test_bit(j, bounced)) {
-			DBG_BUGON(i < lz4_max_distance_pages);
-			DBG_BUGON(top >= lz4_max_distance_pages);
-			availables[top++] = rq->out[i - lz4_max_distance_pages];
-		}
+	for (i = 0; i < rq->outpages; ++i) {
+		struct page *page, *victim;
 
+		page = rq->out[i];
 		if (page) {
-			__clear_bit(j, bounced);
 			if (!PageHighMem(page)) {
 				if (!i) {
 					kaddr = page_address(page);
@@ -89,21 +65,14 @@ static int z_erofs_lz4_prepare_dstpages(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
-			kaddr = NULL;
-			continue;
-		}
-		kaddr = NULL;
-		__set_bit(j, bounced);
-
-		if (top) {
-			victim = availables[--top];
 		} else {
 			victim = __erofs_allocpage(pagepool, rq->gfp, true);
 			if (!victim)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			set_page_private(victim, Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE);
+			rq->out[i] = victim;
 		}
-		rq->out[i] = victim;
+		kaddr = NULL;
 	}
 	return kaddr ? 1 : 0;
 }
@@ -266,7 +235,7 @@ static const char *z_erofs_lz4_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
 		dst_maptype = 0;
 	} else {
 		/* general decoding path which can be used for all cases */
-		ret = z_erofs_lz4_prepare_dstpages(rq, pagepool);
+		ret = z_erofs_oneshot_prepare_dstpages(rq, pagepool);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 		if (ret > 0) {
diff --git a/fs/erofs/internal.h b/fs/erofs/internal.h
index 65974e57aebf..12e3a5b80a5a 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/erofs/internal.h
@@ -71,12 +71,8 @@ struct erofs_dev_context {
 	bool flatdev;
 };
 
-/* all filesystem-wide lz4 configurations */
 struct erofs_sb_lz4_info {
-	/* # of pages needed for EROFS lz4 rolling decompression */
-	u16 max_distance_pages;
-	/* maximum possible blocks for pclusters in the filesystem */
-	u16 max_pclusterblks;
+	u16 max_pclusterblks;	/* maximum physical blocks for LZ4 pclusters */
 };
 
 struct erofs_xattr_prefix_item {
diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index e1e25ca0d190..6b07e73ee2aa 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_backend *be, bool eio)
 	const struct z_erofs_decompressor *alg =
 				z_erofs_decomp[pcl->algorithmformat];
 	bool try_free = true;
-	int i, j, jtop, err2, err = eio ? -EIO : 0;
+	int i, err2, err = eio ? -EIO : 0;
 	struct page *page;
 	bool overlapped;
 	const char *reason;
@@ -1348,7 +1348,6 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_backend *be, bool eio)
 	    be->compressed_pages >= be->onstack_pages + Z_EROFS_ONSTACK_PAGES)
 		kvfree(be->compressed_pages);
 
-	jtop = 0;
 	z_erofs_fill_other_copies(be, err);
 	for (i = 0; i < be->nr_pages; ++i) {
 		page = be->decompressed_pages[i];
@@ -1356,22 +1355,11 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_backend *be, bool eio)
 			continue;
 
 		DBG_BUGON(z_erofs_page_is_invalidated(page));
-		if (!z_erofs_is_shortlived_page(page)) {
+		if (!z_erofs_is_shortlived_page(page))
 			erofs_onlinefolio_end(page_folio(page), err, true);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (pcl->algorithmformat != Z_EROFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4) {
+		else
 			erofs_pagepool_add(be->pagepool, page);
-			continue;
-		}
-		for (j = 0; j < jtop && be->decompressed_pages[j] != page; ++j)
-			;
-		if (j >= jtop)	/* this bounce page is newly detected */
-			be->decompressed_pages[jtop++] = page;
 	}
-	while (jtop)
-		erofs_pagepool_add(be->pagepool,
-				   be->decompressed_pages[--jtop]);
 	if (be->decompressed_pages != be->onstack_pages)
 		kvfree(be->decompressed_pages);