diff --git a/dgram/src/lib.rs b/dgram/src/lib.rs
index 416935c41f..9aeeb3cec4 100644
--- a/dgram/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dgram/src/lib.rs
@@ -173,10 +173,3 @@ mod linux_imports {
     pub(super) use std::net::SocketAddrV6;
     pub(super) use std::os::fd::AsRawFd;
 }
-
-#[cfg(feature = "async")]
-mod async_imports {
-    pub(super) use std::io::ErrorKind;
-    pub(super) use tokio::io::Interest;
-    pub(super) use tokio::net::UdpSocket;
-}
diff --git a/dgram/src/tokio.rs b/dgram/src/tokio.rs
index 4b04138efa..cd64d07787 100644
--- a/dgram/src/tokio.rs
+++ b/dgram/src/tokio.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 use crate::RecvData;
+use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::io::Result;
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
 
-use crate::async_imports::*;
+use tokio::io::Interest;
+use tokio::net::UdpSocket;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 mod linux {
@@ -13,64 +17,73 @@ mod linux {
 use linux::*;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-pub async fn send_to(
-    socket: &UdpSocket, send_buf: &[u8], send_msg_settings: SendMsgCmsgSettings,
-) -> Result<usize> {
-    loop {
-        // Important to use try_io so that Tokio can clear the socket's readiness
-        // flag
-        let res = socket.try_io(Interest::WRITABLE, || {
-            let fd = socket.as_fd();
-            send_msg(fd, send_buf, send_msg_settings).map_err(Into::into)
-        });
-
-        match res {
-            Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock =>
-                socket.writable().await?,
-            res => return res,
-        }
+pub fn poll_send_to(
+    socket: &UdpSocket, ctx: &mut Context<'_>, send_buf: &[u8],
+    sendmsg_settings: SendMsgSettings,
+) -> Poll<Result<usize>> {
+    // We manually poll the socket here to register interest in
+    // Writable socket events for the given `ctx`.
+    // Under the hood, tokio's implementation just checks for
+    // EWOULDBLOCK and, if the socket is busy, registers the provided
+    // waker to be invoked when the socket is free.
+    match socket.poll_send_ready(ctx) {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
+            // Important to use try_io so that Tokio can clear the socket's
+            // readiness flag
+            match socket.try_io(Interest::WRITABLE, || {
+                let fd = socket.as_fd();
+                send_msg(fd, send_buf, sendmsg_settings).map_err(Into::into)
+            }) {
+                Ok(n) => Poll::Ready(Ok(n)),
+                Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Poll::Pending,
+                Err(e) => Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
+            }
+        },
+        Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
+        Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-pub async fn recv_from(
-    socket: &UdpSocket, read_buf: &mut [u8], msg_flags: Option<MsgFlags>,
-    store_cmsg_settings: &mut RecvMsgCmsgSettings,
-) -> Result<RecvData> {
-    loop {
-        // Important to use try_io so that Tokio can clear the socket's readiness
-        // flag
-        let res = socket.try_io(Interest::READABLE, || {
-            let fd = socket.as_fd();
-            recv_msg(
-                fd,
-                read_buf,
-                msg_flags.unwrap_or(MsgFlags::empty()),
-                store_cmsg_settings,
-            )
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-        });
-
-        match res {
-            Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock =>
-                socket.readable().await?,
-            _ => return res,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 pub async fn send_to(
-    socket: &UdpSocket, client_addr: SocketAddr,
+    socket: &UdpSocket, send_buf: &[u8], sendmsg_settings: SendMsgSettings,
 ) -> Result<usize> {
-    socket.send_to(send_buf, client_addr).await
+    std::future::poll_fn(|mut cx| {
+        poll_send_to(socket, &mut cx, send_buf, sendmsg_settings)
+    })
+    .await
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub fn poll_recv_from(
+    socket: &UdpSocket, ctx: &mut Context<'_>, recv_buf: &mut [u8],
+    recvmsg_settings: &mut RecvMsgSettings,
+) -> Poll<Result<RecvData>> {
+    match socket.poll_recv_ready(ctx) {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
+            // Important to use try_io so that Tokio can clear the socket's
+            // readiness flag
+            match socket.try_io(Interest::READABLE, || {
+                let fd = socket.as_fd();
+                recv_msg(fd, recv_buf, recvmsg_settings).map_err(Into::into)
+            }) {
+                Ok(n) => Poll::Ready(Ok(n)),
+                Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Poll::Pending,
+                Err(e) => Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
+            }
+        },
+        Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
+        Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub async fn recv_from(
-    socket: &UdpSocket, read_buf: &mut [u8],
+    socket: &UdpSocket, recv_buf: &mut [u8],
+    recvmsg_settings: &mut RecvMsgSettings,
 ) -> Result<RecvData> {
-    let recv = socket.recv(read_buf).await?;
-
-    Ok(RecvData::from_bytes(bytes))
+    std::future::poll_fn(|mut ctx| {
+        poll_recv_from(socket, &mut ctx, recv_buf, recvmsg_settings)
+    })
+    .await
 }