diff --git a/util/aio-posix.c b/util/aio-posix.c
index 118bf5784b8e190cbb9408a836f297dbde32d377..b5c7f463aa0911dd5d277e01f0804b045c857d93 100644
--- a/util/aio-posix.c
+++ b/util/aio-posix.c
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ static bool run_poll_handlers_once(AioContext *ctx)
     QLIST_FOREACH_RCU(node, &ctx->aio_handlers, node) {
         if (!node->deleted && node->io_poll &&
             aio_node_check(ctx, node->is_external) &&
-            node->io_poll(node->opaque)) {
+            node->io_poll(node->opaque) &&
+            node->opaque != &ctx->notifier) {
             progress = true;
         }