diff --git a/fs_mgr/Android.bp b/fs_mgr/Android.bp
index 5356b00..3c83aab 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/Android.bp
+++ b/fs_mgr/Android.bp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64",
     ],
     srcs: [
+        "blockdev.cpp",
         "file_wait.cpp",
         "fs_mgr.cpp",
         "fs_mgr_format.cpp",
diff --git a/fs_mgr/blockdev.cpp b/fs_mgr/blockdev.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14b217c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs_mgr/blockdev.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <libdm/dm.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "blockdev.h"
+
+using android::base::Basename;
+using android::base::ErrnoError;
+using android::base::Error;
+using android::base::Result;
+using android::base::ResultError;
+using android::base::StartsWith;
+using android::base::StringPrintf;
+using android::base::unique_fd;
+using android::dm::DeviceMapper;
+
+// Return the parent device of a partition. Converts e.g. "sda26" into "sda".
+static std::string PartitionParent(const std::string& blockdev) {
+    if (blockdev.find('/') != std::string::npos) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": invalid argument " << blockdev;
+        return blockdev;
+    }
+    auto dir = std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)>{opendir("/sys/class/block"), closedir};
+    if (!dir) {
+        return blockdev;
+    }
+    for (struct dirent* ent = readdir(dir.get()); ent; ent = readdir(dir.get())) {
+        if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        std::string path = StringPrintf("/sys/class/block/%s/%s", ent->d_name, blockdev.c_str());
+        struct stat statbuf;
+        if (stat(path.c_str(), &statbuf) >= 0) {
+            return ent->d_name;
+        }
+    }
+    return blockdev;
+}
+
+// Convert a major:minor pair into a block device name.
+static std::string BlockdevName(dev_t dev) {
+    auto dir = std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)>{opendir("/dev/block"), closedir};
+    if (!dir) {
+        return {};
+    }
+    for (struct dirent* ent = readdir(dir.get()); ent; ent = readdir(dir.get())) {
+        if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        const std::string path = std::string("/dev/block/") + ent->d_name;
+        struct stat statbuf;
+        if (stat(path.c_str(), &statbuf) >= 0 && dev == statbuf.st_rdev) {
+            return ent->d_name;
+        }
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+// Trim whitespace from the end of a string.
+static void rtrim(std::string& s) {
+    s.erase(s.find_last_not_of('\n') + 1, s.length());
+}
+
+// For file `file_path`, retrieve the block device backing the filesystem on
+// which the file exists and return the queue depth of the block device.
+static Result<uint32_t> BlockDeviceQueueDepth(const std::string& file_path) {
+    struct stat statbuf;
+    int res = stat(file_path.c_str(), &statbuf);
+    if (res < 0) {
+        return ErrnoError() << "stat(" << file_path << ")";
+    }
+    std::string blockdev = "/dev/block/" + BlockdevName(statbuf.st_dev);
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": " << file_path << " -> " << blockdev;
+    if (blockdev.empty()) {
+        const std::string err_msg =
+                StringPrintf("Failed to convert %u:%u (path %s)", major(statbuf.st_dev),
+                             minor(statbuf.st_dev), file_path.c_str());
+        return ResultError(err_msg, 0);
+    }
+    auto& dm = DeviceMapper::Instance();
+    for (;;) {
+        std::optional<std::string> child = dm.GetParentBlockDeviceByPath(blockdev);
+        if (!child) {
+            break;
+        }
+        LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": " << blockdev << " -> " << *child;
+        blockdev = *child;
+    }
+    std::optional<std::string> maybe_blockdev = android::dm::ExtractBlockDeviceName(blockdev);
+    if (!maybe_blockdev) {
+        return ResultError("Failed to remove /dev/block/ prefix from " + blockdev, 0);
+    }
+    blockdev = PartitionParent(*maybe_blockdev);
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": "
+               << "Partition parent: " << blockdev;
+    const std::string nr_tags_path =
+            StringPrintf("/sys/class/block/%s/mq/0/nr_tags", blockdev.c_str());
+    std::string nr_tags;
+    if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(nr_tags_path, &nr_tags)) {
+        return ResultError("Failed to read " + nr_tags_path, 0);
+    }
+    rtrim(nr_tags);
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": " << file_path << " is backed by /dev/" << blockdev
+               << " and that block device supports queue depth " << nr_tags;
+    return strtol(nr_tags.c_str(), NULL, 0);
+}
+
+// Set 'nr_requests' of `loop_device_path` to the queue depth of the block
+// device backing `file_path`.
+Result<void> ConfigureQueueDepth(const std::string& loop_device_path,
+                                 const std::string& file_path) {
+    if (!StartsWith(loop_device_path, "/dev/")) {
+        return Error() << "Invalid argument " << loop_device_path;
+    }
+
+    const std::string loop_device_name = Basename(loop_device_path);
+
+    const Result<uint32_t> qd = BlockDeviceQueueDepth(file_path);
+    if (!qd.ok()) {
+        LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": "
+                   << "BlockDeviceQueueDepth() returned " << qd.error();
+        return ResultError(qd.error());
+    }
+    const std::string nr_requests = StringPrintf("%u", *qd);
+    const std::string sysfs_path =
+            StringPrintf("/sys/class/block/%s/queue/nr_requests", loop_device_name.c_str());
+    unique_fd sysfs_fd(open(sysfs_path.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC));
+    if (sysfs_fd == -1) {
+        return ErrnoError() << "Failed to open " << sysfs_path;
+    }
+
+    const int res = write(sysfs_fd.get(), nr_requests.data(), nr_requests.length());
+    if (res < 0) {
+        return ErrnoError() << "Failed to write to " << sysfs_path;
+    }
+    return {};
+}
diff --git a/fs_mgr/blockdev.h b/fs_mgr/blockdev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c0d68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs_mgr/blockdev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <android-base/result.h>
+#include <string>
+
+android::base::Result<void> ConfigureQueueDepth(const std::string& loop_device_path,
+                                                const std::string& file_path);
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
index 6b8e39e..21df8af 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #include <log/log_properties.h>
 #include <logwrap/logwrap.h>
 
+#include "blockdev.h"
 #include "fs_mgr_priv.h"
 
 #define KEY_LOC_PROP   "ro.crypto.keyfile.userdata"
@@ -2070,6 +2071,8 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    ConfigureQueueDepth(loop_device, "/");
+
     // set block size & direct IO
     unique_fd loop_fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(loop_device.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC)));
     if (loop_fd.get() == -1) {