diff --git a/tokio/src/net/udp/socket.rs b/tokio/src/net/udp/socket.rs
index 8c1bcf42d23..3229432507a 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/udp/socket.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/udp/socket.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::io::PollEvented;
+use crate::io::{PollEvented, ReadBuf};
 use crate::net::{to_socket_addrs, ToSocketAddrs};
 
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     /// The [`connect`] method will connect this socket to a remote address. The future
     /// will resolve to an error if the socket is not connected..
     ///
+    /// **Note**:`poll_*` methods are only able to associate to one task per read or write direction.
+    ///
     /// # Return value
     ///
     /// The function returns:
@@ -342,6 +344,8 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     /// The [`connect`] method will connect this socket to a remote address. The future
     /// will resolve to an error if the socket is not connected..
     ///
+    /// **Note**: `poll_*` methods are only able to associate to one task per read or write direction.
+    ///
     /// # Return value
     ///
     /// The function returns:
@@ -355,15 +359,32 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     /// This function may encounter any standard I/O error except `WouldBlock`.
     ///
     /// [`connect`]: method@Self::connect
-    pub fn poll_recv(&self, cx: &mut Context<'_>, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+    pub fn poll_recv(
+        &self,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &mut ReadBuf<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
         loop {
             let ev = ready!(self.io.poll_read_ready(cx))?;
 
-            match self.io.get_ref().recv(buf) {
+            // Safety: will not read the maybe uinitialized bytes.
+            let b = unsafe {
+                &mut *(buf.unfilled_mut() as *mut [std::mem::MaybeUninit<u8>] as *mut [u8])
+            };
+            match self.io.get_ref().recv(b) {
                 Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                     self.io.clear_readiness(ev);
                 }
-                x => return Poll::Ready(x),
+                Err(e) => return Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
+                Ok(n) => {
+                    // Safety: We trust `recv` to have filled up `n` bytes
+                    // in the buffer.
+                    unsafe {
+                        buf.assume_init(n);
+                    }
+                    buf.advance(n);
+                    return Poll::Ready(Ok(n));
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -403,6 +424,8 @@ impl UdpSocket {
 
     /// Attempts to send data on the socket to a given address.
     ///
+    /// **Note**: `poll_*` methods are only able to associate to one task per read or write direction.
+    ///
     /// # Return value
     ///
     /// The function returns:
@@ -500,6 +523,8 @@ impl UdpSocket {
 
     /// Attempts to receive a single datagram on the socket.
     ///
+    /// **Note**: `poll_*` methods are only able to associate to one task per read or write direction.
+    ///
     /// # Return value
     ///
     /// The function returns:
@@ -514,16 +539,29 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     pub fn poll_recv_from(
         &self,
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
-        buf: &mut [u8],
+        buf: &mut ReadBuf<'_>,
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<(usize, SocketAddr)>> {
         loop {
             let ev = ready!(self.io.poll_read_ready(cx))?;
 
-            match self.io.get_ref().recv_from(buf) {
+            // Safety: will not read the maybe uinitialized bytes.
+            let b = unsafe {
+                &mut *(buf.unfilled_mut() as *mut [std::mem::MaybeUninit<u8>] as *mut [u8])
+            };
+            match self.io.get_ref().recv_from(b) {
                 Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                     self.io.clear_readiness(ev);
                 }
-                x => return Poll::Ready(x),
+                Err(e) => return Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
+                Ok((n, addr)) => {
+                    // Safety: We trust `recv` to have filled up `n` bytes
+                    // in the buffer.
+                    unsafe {
+                        buf.assume_init(n);
+                    }
+                    buf.advance(n);
+                    return Poll::Ready(Ok((n, addr)));
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tokio/tests/udp.rs b/tokio/tests/udp.rs
index 473302dfc54..eac1d869533 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/udp.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/udp.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use futures::future::poll_fn;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use tokio::net::UdpSocket;
+use tokio::{io::ReadBuf, net::UdpSocket};
 
 const MSG: &[u8] = b"hello";
 const MSG_LEN: usize = MSG.len();
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ async fn send_recv_poll() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     poll_fn(|cx| sender.poll_send(cx, MSG)).await?;
 
     let mut recv_buf = [0u8; 32];
-    let len = poll_fn(|cx| receiver.poll_recv(cx, &mut recv_buf[..])).await?;
+    let mut read = ReadBuf::new(&mut recv_buf);
+    let _len = poll_fn(|cx| receiver.poll_recv(cx, &mut read)).await?;
 
-    assert_eq!(&recv_buf[..len], MSG);
+    assert_eq!(read.filled(), MSG);
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -67,9 +68,10 @@ async fn send_to_recv_from_poll() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     poll_fn(|cx| sender.poll_send_to(cx, MSG, &receiver_addr)).await?;
 
     let mut recv_buf = [0u8; 32];
-    let (len, addr) = poll_fn(|cx| receiver.poll_recv_from(cx, &mut recv_buf[..])).await?;
+    let mut read = ReadBuf::new(&mut recv_buf);
+    let (_len, addr) = poll_fn(|cx| receiver.poll_recv_from(cx, &mut read)).await?;
 
-    assert_eq!(&recv_buf[..len], MSG);
+    assert_eq!(read.filled(), MSG);
     assert_eq!(addr, sender.local_addr()?);
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -140,19 +142,22 @@ async fn split_chan_poll() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     });
 
     tokio::spawn(async move {
-        let mut buf = [0u8; 32];
+        let mut recv_buf = [0u8; 32];
+        let mut read = ReadBuf::new(&mut recv_buf);
         loop {
-            let (len, addr) = poll_fn(|cx| r.poll_recv_from(cx, &mut buf)).await.unwrap();
-            tx.send((buf[..len].to_vec(), addr)).await.unwrap();
+            let (_len, addr) = poll_fn(|cx| r.poll_recv_from(cx, &mut read)).await.unwrap();
+            tx.send((read.filled().to_vec(), addr)).await.unwrap();
         }
     });
 
     // test that we can send a value and get back some response
     let sender = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await?;
     poll_fn(|cx| sender.poll_send_to(cx, MSG, &addr)).await?;
+
     let mut recv_buf = [0u8; 32];
-    let (len, _) = poll_fn(|cx| sender.poll_recv_from(cx, &mut recv_buf)).await?;
-    assert_eq!(&recv_buf[..len], MSG);
+    let mut read = ReadBuf::new(&mut recv_buf);
+    let (_len, _) = poll_fn(|cx| sender.poll_recv_from(cx, &mut read)).await?;
+    assert_eq!(read.filled(), MSG);
     Ok(())
 }