diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 1e6cdf2dfe90..77a16324dcb4 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -1943,12 +1943,14 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 	struct ceph_fs_client *src_fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(src_inode);
 	struct ceph_object_locator src_oloc, dst_oloc;
 	struct ceph_object_id src_oid, dst_oid;
+	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
 	loff_t endoff = 0, size;
 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
 	u64 src_objnum, dst_objnum, src_objoff, dst_objoff;
 	u32 src_objlen, dst_objlen, object_size;
-	int src_got = 0, dst_got = 0, err, dirty;
+	int src_got = 0, dst_got = 0, err, dirty, ncopies;
 	bool do_final_copy = false;
+	LIST_HEAD(osd_reqs);
 
 	if (src_inode->i_sb != dst_inode->i_sb) {
 		struct ceph_fs_client *dst_fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(dst_inode);
@@ -2083,6 +2085,12 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 			goto out_caps;
 	}
 	object_size = src_ci->i_layout.object_size;
+
+	/*
+	 * Throttle the object copies: ncopies holds the number of allowed
+	 * in-flight 'copy-from' requests before waiting for their completion
+	 */
+	ncopies = (src_fsc->mount_options->wsize / object_size) * 4;
 	while (len >= object_size) {
 		ceph_calc_file_object_mapping(&src_ci->i_layout, src_off,
 					      object_size, &src_objnum,
@@ -2097,7 +2105,7 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 		ceph_oid_printf(&dst_oid, "%llx.%08llx",
 				dst_ci->i_vino.ino, dst_objnum);
 		/* Do an object remote copy */
-		err = ceph_osdc_copy_from(
+		req = ceph_osdc_copy_from(
 			&src_fsc->client->osdc,
 			src_ci->i_vino.snap, 0,
 			&src_oid, &src_oloc,
@@ -2108,7 +2116,8 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 			CEPH_OSD_OP_FLAG_FADVISE_DONTNEED,
 			dst_ci->i_truncate_seq, dst_ci->i_truncate_size,
 			CEPH_OSD_COPY_FROM_FLAG_TRUNCATE_SEQ);
-		if (err) {
+		if (IS_ERR(req)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(req);
 			if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 				src_fsc->have_copy_from2 = false;
 				pr_notice("OSDs don't support 'copy-from2'; "
@@ -2117,14 +2126,33 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 			dout("ceph_osdc_copy_from returned %d\n", err);
 			if (!ret)
 				ret = err;
+			/* wait for all queued requests */
+			ceph_osdc_wait_requests(&osd_reqs);
 			goto out_caps;
 		}
+		list_add(&req->r_private_item, &osd_reqs);
 		len -= object_size;
 		src_off += object_size;
 		dst_off += object_size;
 		ret += object_size;
+		if (--ncopies == 0) {
+			err = ceph_osdc_wait_requests(&osd_reqs);
+			if (err) {
+				if (!ret)
+					ret = err;
+				goto out_caps;
+			}
+			ncopies = (src_fsc->mount_options->wsize /
+				   object_size) * 4;
+		}
 	}
 
+	err = ceph_osdc_wait_requests(&osd_reqs);
+	if (err) {
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = err;
+		goto out_caps;
+	}
 	if (len)
 		/* We still need one final local copy */
 		do_final_copy = true;
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
index 5a62dbd3f4c2..25565dbfd65a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
@@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ extern int ceph_osdc_writepages(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 				struct timespec64 *mtime,
 				struct page **pages, int nr_pages);
 
-int ceph_osdc_copy_from(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_copy_from(
+			struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 			u64 src_snapid, u64 src_version,
 			struct ceph_object_id *src_oid,
 			struct ceph_object_locator *src_oloc,
@@ -537,6 +538,8 @@ int ceph_osdc_copy_from(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 			u32 truncate_seq, u64 truncate_size,
 			u8 copy_from_flags);
 
+int ceph_osdc_wait_requests(struct list_head *osd_reqs);
+
 /* watch/notify */
 struct ceph_osd_linger_request *
 ceph_osdc_watch(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index b68b376d8c2f..c123e231eaf4 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -5346,23 +5346,47 @@ static int osd_req_op_copy_from_init(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ceph_osdc_copy_from(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
-			u64 src_snapid, u64 src_version,
-			struct ceph_object_id *src_oid,
-			struct ceph_object_locator *src_oloc,
-			u32 src_fadvise_flags,
-			struct ceph_object_id *dst_oid,
-			struct ceph_object_locator *dst_oloc,
-			u32 dst_fadvise_flags,
-			u32 truncate_seq, u64 truncate_size,
-			u8 copy_from_flags)
+int ceph_osdc_wait_requests(struct list_head *osd_reqs)
+{
+	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
+	int ret = 0, err;
+
+	while (!list_empty(osd_reqs)) {
+		req = list_first_entry(osd_reqs,
+				       struct ceph_osd_request,
+				       r_private_item);
+		list_del_init(&req->r_private_item);
+		err = ceph_osdc_wait_request(req->r_osdc, req);
+		if (err) {
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = err;
+			dout("copy request failed (err=%d)\n", err);
+		}
+		ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_osdc_wait_requests);
+
+struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_copy_from(
+		struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+		u64 src_snapid, u64 src_version,
+		struct ceph_object_id *src_oid,
+		struct ceph_object_locator *src_oloc,
+		u32 src_fadvise_flags,
+		struct ceph_object_id *dst_oid,
+		struct ceph_object_locator *dst_oloc,
+		u32 dst_fadvise_flags,
+		u32 truncate_seq, u64 truncate_size,
+		u8 copy_from_flags)
 {
 	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
 	req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(osdc, NULL, 1, false, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!req)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	req->r_flags = CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE;
 
@@ -5381,11 +5405,11 @@ int ceph_osdc_copy_from(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 		goto out;
 
 	ceph_osdc_start_request(osdc, req, false);
-	ret = ceph_osdc_wait_request(osdc, req);
+	return req;
 
 out:
 	ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
-	return ret;
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_osdc_copy_from);
 
