diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs b/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs
index 67d67a666..56c4cd6b9 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 use crate::loom::cell::UnsafeCell;
 use crate::loom::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize};
 use crate::loom::sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard, RwLock, RwLockReadGuard};
+use crate::runtime::coop::cooperative;
 use crate::util::linked_list::{self, GuardedLinkedList, LinkedList};
 use crate::util::WakeList;
 
@@ -1262,8 +1263,7 @@ impl<T: Clone> Receiver<T> {
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub async fn recv(&mut self) -> Result<T, RecvError> {
-        let fut = Recv::new(self);
-        fut.await
+        cooperative(Recv::new(self)).await
     }
 
     /// Attempts to return a pending value on this receiver without awaiting.
diff --git a/tokio/tests/sync_broadcast.rs b/tokio/tests/sync_broadcast.rs
index 2638c1f33..3af96bdb5 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/sync_broadcast.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/sync_broadcast.rs
@@ -640,3 +640,19 @@ fn send_in_waker_drop() {
     // Shouldn't deadlock.
     let _ = tx.send(());
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn receiver_recv_is_cooperative() {
+    let (tx, mut rx) = broadcast::channel(8);
+
+    tokio::select! {
+        biased;
+        _ = async {
+            loop {
+                assert!(tx.send(()).is_ok());
+                assert!(rx.recv().await.is_ok());
+            }
+        } => {},
+        _ = tokio::task::yield_now() => {},
+    }
+}