diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7741d91eb582..cd5e28e8c551 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3cd8ddbd86e4ea6f2f6582da217651f048d76130
+refs/heads/master: e8b3b5e9f54512bfdb7c154da07ec0408cbd6c56
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/trunk/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index 4621807a1a6a..ccee930f1e12 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -1329,6 +1329,11 @@ static int sil24_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Set max read request size to 4096.  This slightly increases
+	 * write throughput for pci-e variants.
+	 */
+	pcie_set_readrq(pdev, 4096);
+
 	sil24_init_controller(host);
 
 	pci_set_master(pdev);