diff --git a/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs b/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs
index 3b30eb0aa..a144a8637 100644
--- a/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 32;
 pub async fn read_dir(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> io::Result<ReadDir> {
     let path = path.as_ref().to_owned();
     asyncify(|| -> io::Result<ReadDir> {
-        let mut std = std::fs::read_dir(path)?.fuse();
+        let mut std = std::fs::read_dir(path)?;
         let mut buf = VecDeque::with_capacity(CHUNK_SIZE);
-        ReadDir::next_chunk(&mut buf, &mut std);
+        let remain = ReadDir::next_chunk(&mut buf, &mut std);
 
-        Ok(ReadDir(State::Idle(Some((buf, std)))))
+        Ok(ReadDir(State::Idle(Some((buf, std, remain)))))
     })
     .await
 }
@@ -64,12 +64,10 @@ pub async fn read_dir(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> io::Result<ReadDir> {
 #[must_use = "streams do nothing unless polled"]
 pub struct ReadDir(State);
 
-type StdReadDir = std::iter::Fuse<std::fs::ReadDir>;
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum State {
-    Idle(Option<(VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, StdReadDir)>),
-    Pending(JoinHandle<(VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, StdReadDir)>),
+    Idle(Option<(VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, std::fs::ReadDir, bool)>),
+    Pending(JoinHandle<(VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, std::fs::ReadDir, bool)>),
 }
 
 impl ReadDir {
@@ -105,38 +103,35 @@ impl ReadDir {
         loop {
             match self.0 {
                 State::Idle(ref mut data) => {
-                    let (buf, _) = data.as_mut().unwrap();
+                    let (buf, _, ref remain) = data.as_mut().unwrap();
 
                     if let Some(ent) = buf.pop_front() {
                         return Poll::Ready(ent.map(Some));
-                    };
+                    } else if !remain {
+                        return Poll::Ready(Ok(None));
+                    }
 
-                    let (mut buf, mut std) = data.take().unwrap();
+                    let (mut buf, mut std, _) = data.take().unwrap();
 
                     self.0 = State::Pending(spawn_blocking(move || {
-                        ReadDir::next_chunk(&mut buf, &mut std);
-                        (buf, std)
+                        let remain = ReadDir::next_chunk(&mut buf, &mut std);
+                        (buf, std, remain)
                     }));
                 }
                 State::Pending(ref mut rx) => {
-                    let (mut buf, std) = ready!(Pin::new(rx).poll(cx))?;
-
-                    let ret = match buf.pop_front() {
-                        Some(Ok(x)) => Ok(Some(x)),
-                        Some(Err(e)) => Err(e),
-                        None => Ok(None),
-                    };
-
-                    self.0 = State::Idle(Some((buf, std)));
-
-                    return Poll::Ready(ret);
+                    self.0 = State::Idle(Some(ready!(Pin::new(rx).poll(cx))?));
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    fn next_chunk(buf: &mut VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, std: &mut StdReadDir) {
-        for ret in std.by_ref().take(CHUNK_SIZE) {
+    fn next_chunk(buf: &mut VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, std: &mut std::fs::ReadDir) -> bool {
+        for _ in 0..CHUNK_SIZE {
+            let ret = match std.next() {
+                Some(ret) => ret,
+                None => return false,
+            };
+
             let success = ret.is_ok();
 
             buf.push_back(ret.map(|std| DirEntry {
@@ -154,6 +149,8 @@ impl ReadDir {
                 break;
             }
         }
+
+        true
     }
 }