diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index e433592..8d723c9 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -77,12 +77,20 @@
 	switch (advice) {
 	case POSIX_FADV_NORMAL:
 		file->f_ra.ra_pages = bdi->ra_pages;
+		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+		file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_RANDOM;
+		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_RANDOM:
-		file->f_ra.ra_pages = 0;
+		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+		file->f_mode |= FMODE_RANDOM;
+		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL:
 		file->f_ra.ra_pages = bdi->ra_pages * 2;
+		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+		file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_RANDOM;
+		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED:
 		if (!mapping->a_ops->readpage) {
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 033bc13..337b20e 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@
 	if (!ra->ra_pages)
 		return;
 
+	/* be dumb */
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM) {
+		force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* do read-ahead */
 	ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, false, offset, req_size);
 }