diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index 2eaaabbe98cb..1717cc57cdac 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ struct ceph_msg {
 	struct kref kref;
 	bool more_to_follow;
 	bool needs_out_seq;
-	bool sparse_read;
+	u64 sparse_read_total;
 	int front_alloc_len;
 
 	struct ceph_msgpool *pool;
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger_v1.c b/net/ceph/messenger_v1.c
index 4cb60bacf5f5..0cb61c76b9b8 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger_v1.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger_v1.c
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ static size_t sizeof_footer(struct ceph_connection *con)
 static void prepare_message_data(struct ceph_msg *msg, u32 data_len)
 {
 	/* Initialize data cursor if it's not a sparse read */
-	if (!msg->sparse_read)
-		ceph_msg_data_cursor_init(&msg->cursor, msg, data_len);
+	u64 len = msg->sparse_read_total ? : data_len;
+
+	ceph_msg_data_cursor_init(&msg->cursor, msg, len);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1036,7 +1037,7 @@ static int read_partial_sparse_msg_data(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	if (do_datacrc)
 		crc = con->in_data_crc;
 
-	do {
+	while (cursor->total_resid) {
 		if (con->v1.in_sr_kvec.iov_base)
 			ret = read_partial_message_chunk(con,
 							 &con->v1.in_sr_kvec,
@@ -1044,23 +1045,23 @@ static int read_partial_sparse_msg_data(struct ceph_connection *con)
 							 &crc);
 		else if (cursor->sr_resid > 0)
 			ret = read_partial_sparse_msg_extent(con, &crc);
-
-		if (ret <= 0) {
-			if (do_datacrc)
-				con->in_data_crc = crc;
-			return ret;
-		}
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			break;
 
 		memset(&con->v1.in_sr_kvec, 0, sizeof(con->v1.in_sr_kvec));
 		ret = con->ops->sparse_read(con, cursor,
 				(char **)&con->v1.in_sr_kvec.iov_base);
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			ret = ret ? ret : 1;  /* must return > 0 to indicate success */
+			break;
+		}
 		con->v1.in_sr_len = ret;
-	} while (ret > 0);
+	}
 
 	if (do_datacrc)
 		con->in_data_crc = crc;
 
-	return ret < 0 ? ret : 1;  /* must return > 0 to indicate success */
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int read_partial_msg_data(struct ceph_connection *con)
@@ -1253,7 +1254,7 @@ static int read_partial_message(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		if (!m->num_data_items)
 			return -EIO;
 
-		if (m->sparse_read)
+		if (m->sparse_read_total)
 			ret = read_partial_sparse_msg_data(con);
 		else if (ceph_test_opt(from_msgr(con->msgr), RXBOUNCE))
 			ret = read_partial_msg_data_bounce(con);
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c b/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c
index f8ec60e1aba3..a0ca5414b333 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ static int decrypt_tail(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	struct sg_table enc_sgt = {};
 	struct sg_table sgt = {};
 	struct page **pages = NULL;
-	bool sparse = con->in_msg->sparse_read;
+	bool sparse = !!con->in_msg->sparse_read_total;
 	int dpos = 0;
 	int tail_len;
 	int ret;
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ static int prepare_read_tail_plain(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	}
 
 	if (data_len(msg)) {
-		if (msg->sparse_read)
+		if (msg->sparse_read_total)
 			con->v2.in_state = IN_S_PREPARE_SPARSE_DATA;
 		else
 			con->v2.in_state = IN_S_PREPARE_READ_DATA;
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 2cea35e4ff8e..9d078b37fe0b 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -5510,7 +5510,7 @@ static struct ceph_msg *get_reply(struct ceph_connection *con,
 	}
 
 	m = ceph_msg_get(req->r_reply);
-	m->sparse_read = (bool)srlen;
+	m->sparse_read_total = srlen;
 
 	dout("get_reply tid %lld %p\n", tid, m);
 
@@ -5777,11 +5777,8 @@ static int prep_next_sparse_read(struct ceph_connection *con,
 	}
 
 	if (o->o_sparse_op_idx < 0) {
-		u64 srlen = sparse_data_requested(req);
-
-		dout("%s: [%d] starting new sparse read req. srlen=0x%llx\n",
-		     __func__, o->o_osd, srlen);
-		ceph_msg_data_cursor_init(cursor, con->in_msg, srlen);
+		dout("%s: [%d] starting new sparse read req\n",
+		     __func__, o->o_osd);
 	} else {
 		u64 end;