diff --git a/fs/verity/enable.c b/fs/verity/enable.c
index b79e3fd19d11..9c93c17f1c1c 100644
--- a/fs/verity/enable.c
+++ b/fs/verity/enable.c
@@ -13,13 +13,42 @@
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-static int build_merkle_tree_level(struct inode *inode, unsigned int level,
+/*
+ * Read a file data page for Merkle tree construction.  Do aggressive readahead,
+ * since we're sequentially reading the entire file.
+ */
+static struct page *read_file_data_page(struct file *filp, pgoff_t index,
+					struct file_ra_state *ra,
+					unsigned long remaining_pages)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+
+	page = find_get_page_flags(filp->f_mapping, index, FGP_ACCESSED);
+	if (!page || !PageUptodate(page)) {
+		if (page)
+			put_page(page);
+		else
+			page_cache_sync_readahead(filp->f_mapping, ra, filp,
+						  index, remaining_pages);
+		page = read_mapping_page(filp->f_mapping, index, NULL);
+		if (IS_ERR(page))
+			return page;
+	}
+	if (PageReadahead(page))
+		page_cache_async_readahead(filp->f_mapping, ra, filp, page,
+					   index, remaining_pages);
+	return page;
+}
+
+static int build_merkle_tree_level(struct file *filp, unsigned int level,
 				   u64 num_blocks_to_hash,
 				   const struct merkle_tree_params *params,
 				   u8 *pending_hashes,
 				   struct ahash_request *req)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	const struct fsverity_operations *vops = inode->i_sb->s_vop;
+	struct file_ra_state ra = { 0 };
 	unsigned int pending_size = 0;
 	u64 dst_block_num;
 	u64 i;
@@ -36,6 +65,8 @@ static int build_merkle_tree_level(struct inode *inode, unsigned int level,
 		dst_block_num = 0; /* unused */
 	}
 
+	file_ra_state_init(&ra, filp->f_mapping);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_blocks_to_hash; i++) {
 		struct page *src_page;
 
@@ -45,7 +76,8 @@ static int build_merkle_tree_level(struct inode *inode, unsigned int level,
 
 		if (level == 0) {
 			/* Leaf: hashing a data block */
-			src_page = read_mapping_page(inode->i_mapping, i, NULL);
+			src_page = read_file_data_page(filp, i, &ra,
+						       num_blocks_to_hash - i);
 			if (IS_ERR(src_page)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(src_page);
 				fsverity_err(inode,
@@ -103,17 +135,18 @@ static int build_merkle_tree_level(struct inode *inode, unsigned int level,
 }
 
 /*
- * Build the Merkle tree for the given inode using the given parameters, and
+ * Build the Merkle tree for the given file using the given parameters, and
  * return the root hash in @root_hash.
  *
  * The tree is written to a filesystem-specific location as determined by the
  * ->write_merkle_tree_block() method.  However, the blocks that comprise the
  * tree are the same for all filesystems.
  */
-static int build_merkle_tree(struct inode *inode,
+static int build_merkle_tree(struct file *filp,
 			     const struct merkle_tree_params *params,
 			     u8 *root_hash)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	u8 *pending_hashes;
 	struct ahash_request *req;
 	u64 blocks;
@@ -139,7 +172,7 @@ static int build_merkle_tree(struct inode *inode,
 	blocks = (inode->i_size + params->block_size - 1) >>
 		 params->log_blocksize;
 	for (level = 0; level <= params->num_levels; level++) {
-		err = build_merkle_tree_level(inode, level, blocks, params,
+		err = build_merkle_tree_level(filp, level, blocks, params,
 					      pending_hashes, req);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
@@ -227,7 +260,7 @@ static int enable_verity(struct file *filp,
 	 */
 	pr_debug("Building Merkle tree...\n");
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(desc->root_hash) < FS_VERITY_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE);
-	err = build_merkle_tree(inode, &params, desc->root_hash);
+	err = build_merkle_tree(filp, &params, desc->root_hash);
 	if (err) {
 		fsverity_err(inode, "Error %d building Merkle tree", err);
 		goto rollback;