diff --git a/aio-posix.c b/aio-posix.c
index bd06f33c78..f921d4f538 100644
--- a/aio-posix.c
+++ b/aio-posix.c
@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ bool aio_poll(AioContext *ctx, bool blocking)
 
     ctx->walking_handlers--;
 
-    /* early return if we only have the aio_notify() fd */
-    if (ctx->pollfds->len == 1) {
-        return progress;
-    }
-
     /* wait until next event */
     ret = qemu_poll_ns((GPollFD *)ctx->pollfds->data,
                          ctx->pollfds->len,
diff --git a/aio-win32.c b/aio-win32.c
index f9cfbb75ac..23f4e5ba19 100644
--- a/aio-win32.c
+++ b/aio-win32.c
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ bool aio_poll(AioContext *ctx, bool blocking)
 
     ctx->walking_handlers--;
 
-    /* early return if we only have the aio_notify() fd */
-    if (count == 1) {
-        return progress;
-    }
-
     /* wait until next event */
     while (count > 0) {
         int ret;
diff --git a/tests/test-aio.c b/tests/test-aio.c
index c4fe0fc3b7..592721ed3f 100644
--- a/tests/test-aio.c
+++ b/tests/test-aio.c
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static void test_bh_delete_from_cb(void)
     g_assert(data1.bh == NULL);
 
     g_assert(!aio_poll(ctx, false));
-    g_assert(!aio_poll(ctx, true));
 }
 
 static void test_bh_delete_from_cb_many(void)