diff --git a/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc b/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc
index 5cd2cc2b5..83ec2cb06 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ void BlockPrefetcher::PrefetchIfNeeded(
     return;
   }
 
+  if (initial_auto_readahead_size_ > max_auto_readahead_size) {
+    initial_auto_readahead_size_ = max_auto_readahead_size;
+  }
+
   // In case of no_sequential_checking, it will skip the num_file_reads_ and
   // will always creates the FilePrefetchBuffer.
   if (no_sequential_checking) {
@@ -81,10 +85,6 @@ void BlockPrefetcher::PrefetchIfNeeded(
     return;
   }
 
-  if (initial_auto_readahead_size_ > max_auto_readahead_size) {
-    initial_auto_readahead_size_ = max_auto_readahead_size;
-  }
-
   if (rep->file->use_direct_io()) {
     rep->CreateFilePrefetchBufferIfNotExists(
         initial_auto_readahead_size_, max_auto_readahead_size,