diff --git a/tokio/src/park/mod.rs b/tokio/src/park/mod.rs
index 5db26ce7e..edd937100 100644
--- a/tokio/src/park/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/park/mod.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ cfg_rt! {
 #[cfg(any(feature = "rt", feature = "sync"))]
 pub(crate) mod thread;
 
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ pub(crate) trait Park {
     type Unpark: Unpark;
 
     /// Error returned by `park`
-    type Error;
+    type Error: Debug;
 
     /// Gets a new `Unpark` handle associated with this `Park` instance.
     fn unpark(&self) -> Self::Unpark;
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/basic_scheduler.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/basic_scheduler.rs
index b26c45d3a..25c0537bf 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/basic_scheduler.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/basic_scheduler.rs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impl<P: Park> Inner<P> {
                         Some(task) => crate::coop::budget(|| task.run()),
                         None => {
                             // Park until the thread is signaled
-                            scheduler.park.park().ok().expect("failed to park");
+                            scheduler.park.park().expect("failed to park");
 
                             // Try polling the `block_on` future next
                             continue 'outer;
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ impl<P: Park> Inner<P> {
                 scheduler
                     .park
                     .park_timeout(Duration::from_millis(0))
-                    .ok()
                     .expect("failed to park");
             }
         })