diff --git a/fs/iomap/ioend.c b/fs/iomap/ioend.c
index 86f44922ed3b..800d12f45438 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/ioend.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/ioend.c
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iomap_finish_ioends);
 static bool iomap_ioend_can_merge(struct iomap_ioend *ioend,
 		struct iomap_ioend *next)
 {
+	/*
+	 * There is no point in merging reads as there is no completion
+	 * processing that can be easily batched up for them.
+	 */
+	if (bio_op(&ioend->io_bio) == REQ_OP_READ ||
+	    bio_op(&next->io_bio) == REQ_OP_READ)
+		return false;
+
 	if (ioend->io_bio.bi_status != next->io_bio.bi_status)
 		return false;
 	if (next->io_flags & IOMAP_IOEND_BOUNDARY)