diff --git a/util/aio-posix.c b/util/aio-posix.c
index c964627a03..58765e581e 100644
--- a/util/aio-posix.c
+++ b/util/aio-posix.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ static int aio_epoll(AioContext *ctx, int64_t timeout)
 
     if (timeout > 0) {
         ret = qemu_poll_ns(&pfd, 1, timeout);
+        if (ret > 0) {
+            timeout = 0;
+        }
     }
     if (timeout <= 0 || ret > 0) {
         ret = epoll_wait(ctx->epollfd, events,