diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 534436852..a8b78d5d8 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ on boot
     write /dev/sys/fs/by-name/userdata/iostat_enable 1
 
     # set readahead multiplier for POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL files
-    write /dev/sys/fs/by-name/userdata/seq_file_ra_mul 16
+    write /dev/sys/fs/by-name/userdata/seq_file_ra_mul 128
 
     # limit discard size to 128MB in order to avoid long IO latency
     # for filesystem tuning first (dm or sda)