diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 6efb5068c116..040b6b79c75e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -1545,6 +1545,11 @@ void nfs_pageio_cond_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc, pgoff_t index)
 					continue;
 			} else if (index == prev->wb_index + 1)
 				continue;
+			/*
+			 * We will submit more requests after these. Indicate
+			 * this to the underlying layers.
+			 */
+			desc->pg_moreio = 1;
 			nfs_pageio_complete(desc);
 			break;
 		}