diff --git a/cros_async/src/event.rs b/cros_async/src/event.rs
index 852b58eeaa..ad03d77865 100644
--- a/cros_async/src/event.rs
+++ b/cros_async/src/event.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ impl<F: AsRawFd + 'static> EventAsync<F> {
         Ok(EventAsync { io_source: new(f)? })
     }
 
+    /// Like new, but allows the source to be constructed directly. Used for
+    /// testing only.
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn new_from_source(io_source: Box<dyn IoSourceExt<F> + 'static>) -> EventAsync<F> {
+        EventAsync { io_source }
+    }
+
     /// Gets the next value from the eventfd.
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub async fn next_val(&self) -> AsyncResult<u64> {
@@ -27,6 +34,7 @@ impl<F: AsRawFd + 'static> EventAsync<F> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::io_ext::{new_poll, new_uring};
     use base::Event;
     use futures::pin_mut;
 
@@ -44,4 +52,26 @@ mod tests {
         let val = crate::run_executor(crate::RunOne::new(fut)).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(val, 0xaa);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn next_val_reads_value_poll_and_ring() {
+        async fn go(source: Box<dyn IoSourceExt<Event> + 'static>) -> u64 {
+            let event_async = EventAsync::new_from_source(source);
+            event_async.next_val().await.unwrap()
+        }
+
+        let eventfd = Event::new().unwrap();
+        eventfd.write(0xaa).unwrap();
+        let fut = go(new_poll(eventfd).unwrap());
+        pin_mut!(fut);
+        let val = crate::run_executor(crate::RunOne::new(fut)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(val, 0xaa);
+
+        let eventfd = Event::new().unwrap();
+        eventfd.write(0xaa).unwrap();
+        let fut = go(new_uring(eventfd).unwrap());
+        pin_mut!(fut);
+        let val = crate::run_executor(crate::RunOne::new(fut)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(val, 0xaa);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cros_async/src/io_ext.rs b/cros_async/src/io_ext.rs
index ec8abe33e2..0a946e3c12 100644
--- a/cros_async/src/io_ext.rs
+++ b/cros_async/src/io_ext.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// An error with a polled(FD) source.
     #[error("An error with a poll source: {0}")]
     Poll(crate::poll_source::Error),
-    /// An error reading from a wrapped source.
-    #[error("An error from the source: {0}")]
-    ReadingInner(isize),
     /// An error with a uring source.
     #[error("An error with a uring source: {0}")]
     Uring(crate::uring_executor::Error),
diff --git a/cros_async/src/uring_futures/uring_source.rs b/cros_async/src/uring_futures/uring_source.rs
index ef0c3d7e62..15b88b8230 100644
--- a/cros_async/src/uring_futures/uring_source.rs
+++ b/cros_async/src/uring_futures/uring_source.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::io;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use crate::io_source::IoSource;
-use crate::uring_executor::{self, PendingOperation, RegisteredSource, Result};
+use crate::uring_executor::{self, Error, PendingOperation, RegisteredSource, Result};
 use crate::uring_futures;
 use crate::uring_mem::{BackingMemory, MemRegion};
 use crate::AsyncError;
@@ -121,17 +123,19 @@ impl<F: AsRawFd> crate::ReadAsync for UringSource<F> {
             .map_err(AsyncError::Uring)
     }
 
-    /// Reads a single u64 from the current offset.
+    /// Reads a single u64 (e.g. from an eventfd).
     async fn read_u64(&self) -> AsyncResult<u64> {
-        crate::IoSourceExt::wait_readable(self).await?;
-        let mut bytes = 0u64.to_ne_bytes();
-        // Safe to read to the buffer of known length.
-        let ret =
-            unsafe { libc::read(self.as_raw_fd(), bytes.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _, bytes.len()) };
-        if ret < 0 {
-            return Err(AsyncError::ReadingInner(ret));
+        let bytes = 0u64.to_ne_bytes().to_vec();
+        let (len, bytes) = self.read_to_vec(0, bytes).await?;
+        if len != bytes.len() {
+            Err(AsyncError::Uring(Error::Io(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                format!("expected to read {} bytes, but read {}", bytes.len(), len),
+            ))))
+        } else {
+            // Will never panic because bytes is of the appropriate size.
+            Ok(u64::from_ne_bytes(bytes[..].try_into().unwrap()))
         }
-        Ok(u64::from_ne_bytes(bytes))
     }
 
     /// Reads to the given `mem` at the given offsets from the file starting at `file_offset`.