diff --git a/lib/std/event/loop.zig b/lib/std/event/loop.zig
index 3a79d36a10..c3bf2495ff 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/loop.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/loop.zig
@@ -1109,6 +1109,24 @@ pub const Loop = struct {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn recvfrom(
+        sockfd: os.fd_t,
+        buf: []u8,
+        flags: u32,
+        src_addr: ?*os.sockaddr,
+        addrlen: ?*os.socklen_t,
+    ) os.RecvFromError!usize {
+        while (true) {
+            return os.recvfrom(sockfd, buf, flags, src_addr, addrlen) catch |err| switch (err) {
+                error.WouldBlock => {
+                    self.waitUntilFdReadable(sockfd);
+                    continue;
+                },
+                else => return err,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Performs an async `os.faccessatZ` using a separate thread.
     /// `fd` must block and not return EAGAIN.
     pub fn faccessatZ(
diff --git a/lib/std/net.zig b/lib/std/net.zig
index 8fe19f955d..fe7d0fafe6 100644
--- a/lib/std/net.zig
+++ b/lib/std/net.zig
@@ -1454,7 +1454,10 @@ fn resMSendRc(
 
         while (true) {
             var sl_copy = sl;
-            const rlen = os.recvfrom(fd, answer_bufs[next], 0, &sa.any, &sl_copy) catch break;
+            const rlen = if (std.io.is_async)
+                std.event.Loop.instance.?.recvfrom(fd, answer_bufs[next], 0, &sa.any, &sl_copy) catch break
+            else
+                os.recvfrom(fd, answer_bufs[next], 0, &sa.any, &sl_copy) catch break;
 
             // Ignore non-identifiable packets
             if (rlen < 4) continue;
diff --git a/lib/std/os.zig b/lib/std/os.zig
index 2f354e33d6..2c5f3065b2 100644
--- a/lib/std/os.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os.zig
@@ -5068,12 +5068,7 @@ pub fn recvfrom(
             ENOTCONN => unreachable,
             ENOTSOCK => unreachable,
             EINTR => continue,
-            EAGAIN => if (std.event.Loop.instance) |loop| {
-                loop.waitUntilFdReadable(sockfd);
-                continue;
-            } else {
-                return error.WouldBlock;
-            },
+            EAGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             ENOMEM => return error.SystemResources,
             ECONNREFUSED => return error.ConnectionRefused,
             else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),