diff --git a/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs b/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
index c895dabacc8..c5515dccf72 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
@@ -192,17 +192,7 @@ impl NamedPipeServer {
     /// # Ok(()) }
     /// ```
     pub async fn connect(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        loop {
-            match self.io.connect() {
-                Ok(()) => break,
-                Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
-                    self.io.registration().readiness(Interest::WRITABLE).await?;
-                }
-                Err(e) => return Err(e),
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
+        self.io.registration().async_io(Interest::WRITABLE, || self.io.connect()).await
     }
 
     /// Disconnects the server end of a named pipe instance from a client