diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 812a12e3e41a..4739ed891e75 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6079,6 +6079,38 @@ static enum stripe_result make_stripe_request(struct mddev *mddev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If the bio covers multiple data disks, find sector within the bio that has
+ * the lowest chunk offset in the first chunk.
+ */
+static sector_t raid5_bio_lowest_chunk_sector(struct r5conf *conf,
+					      struct bio *bi)
+{
+	int sectors_per_chunk = conf->chunk_sectors;
+	int raid_disks = conf->raid_disks;
+	int dd_idx;
+	struct stripe_head sh;
+	unsigned int chunk_offset;
+	sector_t r_sector = bi->bi_iter.bi_sector & ~((sector_t)RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf)-1);
+	sector_t sector;
+
+	/* We pass in fake stripe_head to get back parity disk numbers */
+	sector = raid5_compute_sector(conf, r_sector, 0, &dd_idx, &sh);
+	chunk_offset = sector_div(sector, sectors_per_chunk);
+	if (sectors_per_chunk - chunk_offset >= bio_sectors(bi))
+		return r_sector;
+	/*
+	 * Bio crosses to the next data disk. Check whether it's in the same
+	 * chunk.
+	 */
+	dd_idx++;
+	while (dd_idx == sh.pd_idx || dd_idx == sh.qd_idx)
+		dd_idx++;
+	if (dd_idx >= raid_disks)
+		return r_sector;
+	return r_sector + sectors_per_chunk - chunk_offset;
+}
+
 static bool raid5_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
@@ -6150,6 +6182,17 @@ static bool raid5_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 	}
 	md_account_bio(mddev, &bi);
 
+	/*
+	 * Lets start with the stripe with the lowest chunk offset in the first
+	 * chunk. That has the best chances of creating IOs adjacent to
+	 * previous IOs in case of sequential IO and thus creates the most
+	 * sequential IO pattern. We don't bother with the optimization when
+	 * reshaping as the performance benefit is not worth the complexity.
+	 */
+	if (likely(conf->reshape_progress == MaxSector))
+		logical_sector = raid5_bio_lowest_chunk_sector(conf, bi);
+	s = (logical_sector - ctx.first_sector) >> RAID5_STRIPE_SHIFT(conf);
+
 	add_wait_queue(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &wait);
 	while (1) {
 		res = make_stripe_request(mddev, conf, &ctx, logical_sector,
@@ -6178,7 +6221,7 @@ static bool raid5_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		s = find_first_bit(ctx.sectors_to_do, stripe_cnt);
+		s = find_next_bit_wrap(ctx.sectors_to_do, stripe_cnt, s);
 		if (s == stripe_cnt)
 			break;