diff --git a/tokio/src/io/async_fd.rs b/tokio/src/io/async_fd.rs
index db56359c5ad..ae8f5c6417c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/async_fd.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/async_fd.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ use std::{task::Context, task::Poll};
 /// [`AsyncWrite`]: trait@crate::io::AsyncWrite
 pub struct AsyncFd<T: AsRawFd> {
     registration: Registration,
+    // The inner value is always present. the Option is required for `drop` and `into_inner`.
+    // In all other methods `unwrap` is valid, and will never panic.
     inner: Option<T>,
 }
 
@@ -271,13 +273,12 @@ impl<T: AsRawFd> AsyncFd<T> {
     }
 
     fn take_inner(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
-        let fd = self.inner.as_ref().map(AsRawFd::as_raw_fd);
+        let inner = self.inner.take()?;
+        let fd = inner.as_raw_fd();
 
-        if let Some(fd) = fd {
-            let _ = self.registration.deregister(&mut SourceFd(&fd));
-        }
+        let _ = self.registration.deregister(&mut SourceFd(&fd));
 
-        self.inner.take()
+        Some(inner)
     }
 
     /// Deregisters this file descriptor and returns ownership of the backing
@@ -319,11 +320,10 @@ impl<T: AsRawFd> AsyncFd<T> {
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<AsyncFdReadyGuard<'a, T>>> {
         let event = ready!(self.registration.poll_read_ready(cx))?;
 
-        Ok(AsyncFdReadyGuard {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(AsyncFdReadyGuard {
             async_fd: self,
             event: Some(event),
-        })
-        .into()
+        }))
     }
 
     /// Polls for read readiness.
@@ -357,11 +357,10 @@ impl<T: AsRawFd> AsyncFd<T> {
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<AsyncFdReadyMutGuard<'a, T>>> {
         let event = ready!(self.registration.poll_read_ready(cx))?;
 
-        Ok(AsyncFdReadyMutGuard {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(AsyncFdReadyMutGuard {
             async_fd: self,
             event: Some(event),
-        })
-        .into()
+        }))
     }
 
     /// Polls for write readiness.
@@ -397,11 +396,10 @@ impl<T: AsRawFd> AsyncFd<T> {
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<AsyncFdReadyGuard<'a, T>>> {
         let event = ready!(self.registration.poll_write_ready(cx))?;
 
-        Ok(AsyncFdReadyGuard {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(AsyncFdReadyGuard {
             async_fd: self,
             event: Some(event),
-        })
-        .into()
+        }))
     }
 
     /// Polls for write readiness.
@@ -435,11 +433,10 @@ impl<T: AsRawFd> AsyncFd<T> {
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<AsyncFdReadyMutGuard<'a, T>>> {
         let event = ready!(self.registration.poll_write_ready(cx))?;
 
-        Ok(AsyncFdReadyMutGuard {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(AsyncFdReadyMutGuard {
             async_fd: self,
             event: Some(event),
-        })
-        .into()
+        }))
     }
 
     /// Waits for any of the requested ready states, returning a
@@ -1013,14 +1010,11 @@ impl<'a, Inner: AsRawFd> AsyncFdReadyGuard<'a, Inner> {
     ) -> Result<io::Result<R>, TryIoError> {
         let result = f(self.async_fd);
 
-        if let Err(e) = result.as_ref() {
-            if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock {
+        match result {
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                 self.clear_ready();
+                Err(TryIoError(()))
             }
-        }
-
-        match result {
-            Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Err(TryIoError(())),
             result => Ok(result),
         }
     }
@@ -1193,14 +1187,11 @@ impl<'a, Inner: AsRawFd> AsyncFdReadyMutGuard<'a, Inner> {
     ) -> Result<io::Result<R>, TryIoError> {
         let result = f(self.async_fd);
 
-        if let Err(e) = result.as_ref() {
-            if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock {
+        match result {
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                 self.clear_ready();
+                Err(TryIoError(()))
             }
-        }
-
-        match result {
-            Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Err(TryIoError(())),
             result => Ok(result),
         }
     }