diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index c9629a44b9..510430de35 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
         co = qemu_coroutine_create(bdrv_create_co_entry);
         qemu_coroutine_enter(co, &cco);
         while (cco.ret == NOT_DONE) {
-            qemu_aio_wait();
+            aio_poll(qemu_get_aio_context(), true);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 67a64ea318..ca0b4e25d0 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int block_job_cancel_sync(BlockJob *job)
     job->opaque = &data;
     block_job_cancel(job);
     while (data.ret == -EINPROGRESS) {
-        qemu_aio_wait();
+        aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs), true);
     }
     return (data.cancelled && data.ret == 0) ? -ECANCELED : data.ret;
 }
diff --git a/qemu-io-cmds.c b/qemu-io-cmds.c
index 60c1cebffc..c503fc66aa 100644
--- a/qemu-io-cmds.c
+++ b/qemu-io-cmds.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int do_co_write_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int count,
     co = qemu_coroutine_create(co_write_zeroes_entry);
     qemu_coroutine_enter(co, &data);
     while (!data.done) {
-        qemu_aio_wait();
+        aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs), true);
     }
     if (data.ret < 0) {
         return data.ret;
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ static const cmdinfo_t resume_cmd = {
 static int wait_break_f(BlockDriverState *bs, int argc, char **argv)
 {
     while (!bdrv_debug_is_suspended(bs, argv[1])) {
-        qemu_aio_wait();
+        aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs), true);
     }
 
     return 0;