Abstract: An oil film bearing for a roll neck in a rolling mill, wherein a sleeve with a tapered bore in mounted on a tapered section of the roll neck for rotation therewith, the sleeve being journalled in a non-rotatable bushing contained in a bearing chock. During rolling, a film of high pressure oil is maintained hydrodynamically between the sleeve and bushing at the bearing load zone. In order to provide lubrication at the roll neck/sleeve interface, a portion of the hydrodynamic oil is bled from the sleeve/bushing interface via holes extending radially through the sleeve into a plurality of longitudinal primary grooves in the sleeve bore. This conventional arrangement is improved by the addition of a plurality of secondary grooves in the sleeve bore. Oil is forced from the primary grooves into the second grooves via connecting grooves in the sleeve bore. The connecting grooves create a pressure differential which opposes reverse flow of oil from the secondary grooves into the primary grooves.