diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index 9f0fa495ab69..46370cea30c8 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * to track sub-page uptodate status and I/O completions.
  */
 struct iomap_page {
-	atomic_t		read_count;
+	atomic_t		read_bytes_pending;
 	atomic_t		write_count;
 	spinlock_t		uptodate_lock;
 	unsigned long		uptodate[];
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ iomap_page_release(struct page *page)
 
 	if (!iop)
 		return;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&iop->read_count));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&iop->read_bytes_pending));
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&iop->write_count));
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(bitmap_full(iop->uptodate, nr_blocks) !=
 			PageUptodate(page));
@@ -167,13 +167,6 @@ iomap_set_range_uptodate(struct page *page, unsigned off, unsigned len)
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 }
 
-static void
-iomap_read_finish(struct iomap_page *iop, struct page *page)
-{
-	if (!iop || atomic_dec_and_test(&iop->read_count))
-		unlock_page(page);
-}
-
 static void
 iomap_read_page_end_io(struct bio_vec *bvec, int error)
 {
@@ -187,7 +180,8 @@ iomap_read_page_end_io(struct bio_vec *bvec, int error)
 		iomap_set_range_uptodate(page, bvec->bv_offset, bvec->bv_len);
 	}
 
-	iomap_read_finish(iop, page);
+	if (!iop || atomic_sub_and_test(bvec->bv_len, &iop->read_bytes_pending))
+		unlock_page(page);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -267,30 +261,19 @@ iomap_readpage_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length, void *data,
 	}
 
 	ctx->cur_page_in_bio = true;
+	if (iop)
+		atomic_add(plen, &iop->read_bytes_pending);
 
-	/*
-	 * Try to merge into a previous segment if we can.
-	 */
+	/* Try to merge into a previous segment if we can */
 	sector = iomap_sector(iomap, pos);
-	if (ctx->bio && bio_end_sector(ctx->bio) == sector)
+	if (ctx->bio && bio_end_sector(ctx->bio) == sector) {
+		if (__bio_try_merge_page(ctx->bio, page, plen, poff,
+				&same_page))
+			goto done;
 		is_contig = true;
-
-	if (is_contig &&
-	    __bio_try_merge_page(ctx->bio, page, plen, poff, &same_page)) {
-		if (!same_page && iop)
-			atomic_inc(&iop->read_count);
-		goto done;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If we start a new segment we need to increase the read count, and we
-	 * need to do so before submitting any previous full bio to make sure
-	 * that we don't prematurely unlock the page.
-	 */
-	if (iop)
-		atomic_inc(&iop->read_count);
-
-	if (!ctx->bio || !is_contig || bio_full(ctx->bio, plen)) {
+	if (!is_contig || bio_full(ctx->bio, plen)) {
 		gfp_t gfp = mapping_gfp_constraint(page->mapping, GFP_KERNEL);
 		gfp_t orig_gfp = gfp;
 		int nr_vecs = (length + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;