diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bd1747e9bc8e..a29b2ef6e212 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6644ed7b7e04f8e588aebdaa58cededb9416ab95
+refs/heads/master: 1190bf06a6b033384a65b5acdb1193d41cd257a6
diff --git a/trunk/net/ceph/messenger.c b/trunk/net/ceph/messenger.c
index d4e46d8a088c..24f3aba34800 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ static void ceph_msg_data_pages_cursor_init(struct ceph_msg_data *data,
 
 	BUG_ON(!data->pages);
 	BUG_ON(!data->length);
-	BUG_ON(length != data->length);
+	BUG_ON(length > data->length);	/* short reads are OK */
 
 	cursor->resid = length;
 	page_count = calc_pages_for(data->alignment, (u64)data->length);
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static void ceph_msg_data_pagelist_cursor_init(struct ceph_msg_data *data,
 
 	pagelist = data->pagelist;
 	BUG_ON(!pagelist);
-	BUG_ON(length != pagelist->length);
+	BUG_ON(length > pagelist->length);	/* short reads are OK */
 
 	if (!length)
 		return;		/* pagelist can be assigned but empty */