diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 85be3bf18cdf..a5caafc1859e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ static void ceph_netfs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 	u64 len = subreq->len;
 	bool sparse = IS_ENCRYPTED(inode) || ceph_test_mount_opt(fsc, SPARSEREAD);
 	u64 off = subreq->start;
+	int extent_cnt;
 
 	if (ceph_inode_is_shutdown(inode)) {
 		err = -EIO;
@@ -379,7 +380,8 @@ static void ceph_netfs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 	}
 
 	if (sparse) {
-		err = ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(&req->r_ops[0]);
+		extent_cnt = __ceph_sparse_read_ext_count(inode, len);
+		err = ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(&req->r_ops[0], extent_cnt);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 3b5aae29e944..4dde0da10079 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ ssize_t __ceph_sync_read(struct inode *inode, loff_t *ki_pos,
 		struct ceph_osd_req_op *op;
 		u64 read_off = off;
 		u64 read_len = len;
+		int extent_cnt;
 
 		/* determine new offset/length if encrypted */
 		ceph_fscrypt_adjust_off_and_len(inode, &read_off, &read_len);
@@ -1067,7 +1068,8 @@ ssize_t __ceph_sync_read(struct inode *inode, loff_t *ki_pos,
 
 		op = &req->r_ops[0];
 		if (sparse) {
-			ret = ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(op);
+			extent_cnt = __ceph_sparse_read_ext_count(inode, read_len);
+			ret = ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(op, extent_cnt);
 			if (ret) {
 				ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
 				break;
@@ -1464,6 +1466,7 @@ ceph_direct_read_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		ssize_t len;
 		struct ceph_osd_req_op *op;
 		int readop = sparse ? CEPH_OSD_OP_SPARSE_READ : CEPH_OSD_OP_READ;
+		int extent_cnt;
 
 		if (write)
 			size = min_t(u64, size, fsc->mount_options->wsize);
@@ -1527,7 +1530,8 @@ ceph_direct_read_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvecs(req, 0, bvecs, num_pages, len);
 		op = &req->r_ops[0];
 		if (sparse) {
-			ret = ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(op);
+			extent_cnt = __ceph_sparse_read_ext_count(inode, size);
+			ret = ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(op, extent_cnt);
 			if (ret) {
 				ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
 				break;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index fe0f64a0acb2..b06e2bc86221 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define _FS_CEPH_SUPER_H
 
 #include <linux/ceph/ceph_debug.h>
+#include <linux/ceph/osd_client.h>
 
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
@@ -1407,6 +1408,19 @@ static inline void __ceph_update_quota(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 		ceph_adjust_quota_realms_count(&ci->netfs.inode, has_quota);
 }
 
+static inline int __ceph_sparse_read_ext_count(struct inode *inode, u64 len)
+{
+	int cnt = 0;
+
+	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode)) {
+		cnt = len >> CEPH_FSCRYPT_BLOCK_SHIFT;
+		if (cnt > CEPH_SPARSE_EXT_ARRAY_INITIAL)
+			cnt = 0;
+	}
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
 extern void ceph_handle_quota(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			      struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 			      struct ceph_msg *msg);
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
index b8610e9d2471..fa018d5864e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
@@ -572,9 +572,12 @@ int __ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(struct ceph_osd_req_op *op, int cnt);
  */
 #define CEPH_SPARSE_EXT_ARRAY_INITIAL  16
 
-static inline int ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(struct ceph_osd_req_op *op)
+static inline int ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(struct ceph_osd_req_op *op, int cnt)
 {
-	return __ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(op, CEPH_SPARSE_EXT_ARRAY_INITIAL);
+	if (!cnt)
+		cnt = CEPH_SPARSE_EXT_ARRAY_INITIAL;
+
+	return __ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map(op, cnt);
 }
 
 extern void ceph_osdc_get_request(struct ceph_osd_request *req);