diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index 7e55e95bc33a..78631d113d98 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1853,37 +1853,35 @@ static void z_erofs_readahead(struct readahead_control *rac)
 	struct inode *const inode = rac->mapping->host;
 	struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi = EROFS_I_SB(inode);
 	struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend f = DECOMPRESS_FRONTEND_INIT(inode);
-	struct page *head = NULL, *page;
-	unsigned int nr_pages;
+	struct folio *head = NULL, *folio;
+	unsigned int nr_folios;
+	int err;
 
 	f.headoffset = readahead_pos(rac);
 
 	z_erofs_pcluster_readmore(&f, rac, true);
-	nr_pages = readahead_count(rac);
-	trace_erofs_readpages(inode, readahead_index(rac), nr_pages, false);
+	nr_folios = readahead_count(rac);
+	trace_erofs_readpages(inode, readahead_index(rac), nr_folios, false);
 
-	while ((page = readahead_page(rac))) {
-		set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)head);
-		head = page;
+	while ((folio = readahead_folio(rac))) {
+		folio->private = head;
+		head = folio;
 	}
 
+	/* traverse in reverse order for best metadata I/O performance */
 	while (head) {
-		struct page *page = head;
-		int err;
+		folio = head;
+		head = folio_get_private(folio);
 
-		/* traversal in reverse order */
-		head = (void *)page_private(page);
-
-		err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page);
+		err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, &folio->page);
 		if (err && err != -EINTR)
-			erofs_err(inode->i_sb, "readahead error %d @ %lu of nid %llu",
-				  err, page->index, EROFS_I(inode)->nid);
-		put_page(page);
+			erofs_err(inode->i_sb, "readahead error at folio %lu @ nid %llu",
+				  folio->index, EROFS_I(inode)->nid);
 	}
 	z_erofs_pcluster_readmore(&f, rac, false);
 	z_erofs_pcluster_end(&f);
 
-	z_erofs_runqueue(&f, z_erofs_is_sync_decompress(sbi, nr_pages), true);
+	z_erofs_runqueue(&f, z_erofs_is_sync_decompress(sbi, nr_folios), true);
 	erofs_put_metabuf(&f.map.buf);
 	erofs_release_pages(&f.pagepool);
 }