diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c b/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c
index d527777af584..3dcaee6f8903 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger_v2.c
@@ -963,12 +963,48 @@ static void init_sgs_cursor(struct scatterlist **sg,
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * init_sgs_pages: set up scatterlist on an array of page pointers
+ * @sg: 	scatterlist to populate
+ * @pages: 	pointer to page array
+ * @dpos:	position in the array to start (bytes)
+ * @dlen:	len to add to sg (bytes)
+ * @pad:	pointer to pad destination (if any)
+ *
+ * Populate the scatterlist from the page array, starting at an arbitrary
+ * byte in the array and running for a specified length.
+ */
+static void init_sgs_pages(struct scatterlist **sg, struct page **pages,
+			     int dpos, int dlen, u8 *pad)
+{
+	int idx = dpos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	int off = offset_in_page(dpos);
+	int resid = dlen;
+
+	do {
+		int len = min(resid, (int)PAGE_SIZE - off);
+
+		sg_set_page(*sg, pages[idx], len, off);
+		*sg = sg_next(*sg);
+		off = 0;
+		++idx;
+		resid -= len;
+	} while (resid);
+
+	if (need_padding(dlen)) {
+		sg_set_buf(*sg, pad, padding_len(dlen));
+		*sg = sg_next(*sg);
+	}
+}
+
 static int setup_message_sgs(struct sg_table *sgt, struct ceph_msg *msg,
 			     u8 *front_pad, u8 *middle_pad, u8 *data_pad,
-			     void *epilogue, bool add_tag)
+			     void *epilogue, struct page **pages, int dpos,
+			     bool add_tag)
 {
 	struct ceph_msg_data_cursor cursor;
 	struct scatterlist *cur_sg;
+	int dlen = data_len(msg);
 	int sg_cnt;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -982,9 +1018,15 @@ static int setup_message_sgs(struct sg_table *sgt, struct ceph_msg *msg,
 	if (middle_len(msg))
 		sg_cnt += calc_sg_cnt(msg->middle->vec.iov_base,
 				      middle_len(msg));
-	if (data_len(msg)) {
-		ceph_msg_data_cursor_init(&cursor, msg, data_len(msg));
-		sg_cnt += calc_sg_cnt_cursor(&cursor);
+	if (dlen) {
+		if (pages) {
+			sg_cnt += calc_pages_for(dpos, dlen);
+			if (need_padding(dlen))
+				sg_cnt++;
+		} else {
+			ceph_msg_data_cursor_init(&cursor, msg, dlen);
+			sg_cnt += calc_sg_cnt_cursor(&cursor);
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = sg_alloc_table(sgt, sg_cnt, GFP_NOIO);
@@ -998,9 +1040,13 @@ static int setup_message_sgs(struct sg_table *sgt, struct ceph_msg *msg,
 	if (middle_len(msg))
 		init_sgs(&cur_sg, msg->middle->vec.iov_base, middle_len(msg),
 			 middle_pad);
-	if (data_len(msg)) {
-		ceph_msg_data_cursor_init(&cursor, msg, data_len(msg));
-		init_sgs_cursor(&cur_sg, &cursor, data_pad);
+	if (dlen) {
+		if (pages) {
+			init_sgs_pages(&cur_sg, pages, dpos, dlen, data_pad);
+		} else {
+			ceph_msg_data_cursor_init(&cursor, msg, dlen);
+			init_sgs_cursor(&cur_sg, &cursor, data_pad);
+		}
 	}
 
 	WARN_ON(!sg_is_last(cur_sg));
@@ -1035,10 +1081,52 @@ static int decrypt_control_remainder(struct ceph_connection *con)
 			 padded_len(rem_len) + CEPH_GCM_TAG_LEN);
 }
 
+/* Process sparse read data that lives in a buffer */
+static int process_v2_sparse_read(struct ceph_connection *con, struct page **pages, int spos)
+{
+	struct ceph_msg_data_cursor *cursor = &con->v2.in_cursor;
+	int ret;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		char *buf = NULL;
+
+		ret = con->ops->sparse_read(con, cursor, &buf);
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		dout("%s: sparse_read return %x buf %p\n", __func__, ret, buf);
+
+		do {
+			int idx = spos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+			int soff = offset_in_page(spos);
+			struct page *spage = con->v2.in_enc_pages[idx];
+			int len = min_t(int, ret, PAGE_SIZE - soff);
+
+			if (buf) {
+				memcpy_from_page(buf, spage, soff, len);
+				buf += len;
+			} else {
+				struct bio_vec bv;
+
+				get_bvec_at(cursor, &bv);
+				len = min_t(int, len, bv.bv_len);
+				memcpy_page(bv.bv_page, bv.bv_offset,
+					    spage, soff, len);
+				ceph_msg_data_advance(cursor, len);
+			}
+			spos += len;
+			ret -= len;
+		} while (ret);
+	}
+}
+
 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;
+	int dpos = 0;
 	int tail_len;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1049,9 +1137,14 @@ static int decrypt_tail(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (sparse) {
+		dpos = padded_len(front_len(con->in_msg) + padded_len(middle_len(con->in_msg)));
+		pages = con->v2.in_enc_pages;
+	}
+
 	ret = setup_message_sgs(&sgt, con->in_msg, FRONT_PAD(con->v2.in_buf),
-			MIDDLE_PAD(con->v2.in_buf), DATA_PAD(con->v2.in_buf),
-			con->v2.in_buf, true);
+				MIDDLE_PAD(con->v2.in_buf), DATA_PAD(con->v2.in_buf),
+				con->v2.in_buf, pages, dpos, true);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1061,6 +1154,12 @@ static int decrypt_tail(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (sparse && data_len(con->in_msg)) {
+		ret = process_v2_sparse_read(con, con->v2.in_enc_pages, dpos);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	WARN_ON(!con->v2.in_enc_page_cnt);
 	ceph_release_page_vector(con->v2.in_enc_pages,
 				 con->v2.in_enc_page_cnt);
@@ -1584,7 +1683,7 @@ static int prepare_message_secure(struct ceph_connection *con)
 
 	encode_epilogue_secure(con, false);
 	ret = setup_message_sgs(&sgt, con->out_msg, zerop, zerop, zerop,
-				&con->v2.out_epil, false);
+				&con->v2.out_epil, NULL, 0, false);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
