diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/mod.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/mod.rs
index 403eabacfbc..d0a234efc59 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/mod.rs
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ impl MultiThread {
         seed_generator: RngSeedGenerator,
         config: Config,
     ) -> (MultiThread, Launch) {
+        let driver_unpark = driver.unpark();
         let parker = Parker::new(driver);
         let (handle, launch) = worker::create(
             size,
             parker,
             driver_handle,
+            driver_unpark,
             blocking_spawner,
             seed_generator,
             config,
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/park.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/park.rs
index b3ef15c1f80..c50cc5d68d8 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/park.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/park.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use crate::loom::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize;
 use crate::loom::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
 use crate::loom::thread;
-use crate::runtime::driver::{Driver, Unpark};
+use crate::runtime::driver::{self, Driver};
 use crate::util::TryLock;
 
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst;
@@ -42,15 +42,10 @@ const NOTIFIED: usize = 3;
 struct Shared {
     /// Shared driver. Only one thread at a time can use this
     driver: TryLock<Driver>,
-
-    /// Unpark handle
-    handle: Unpark,
 }
 
 impl Parker {
     pub(crate) fn new(driver: Driver) -> Parker {
-        let handle = driver.unpark();
-
         Parker {
             inner: Arc::new(Inner {
                 state: AtomicUsize::new(EMPTY),
@@ -58,7 +53,6 @@ impl Parker {
                 condvar: Condvar::new(),
                 shared: Arc::new(Shared {
                     driver: TryLock::new(driver),
-                    handle,
                 }),
             }),
         }
@@ -102,8 +96,8 @@ impl Clone for Parker {
 }
 
 impl Unparker {
-    pub(crate) fn unpark(&self) {
-        self.inner.unpark();
+    pub(crate) fn unpark(&self, driver: &driver::Unpark) {
+        self.inner.unpark(driver);
     }
 }
 
@@ -201,7 +195,7 @@ impl Inner {
         }
     }
 
-    fn unpark(&self) {
+    fn unpark(&self, driver: &driver::Unpark) {
         // To ensure the unparked thread will observe any writes we made before
         // this call, we must perform a release operation that `park` can
         // synchronize with. To do that we must write `NOTIFIED` even if `state`
@@ -211,7 +205,7 @@ impl Inner {
             EMPTY => {}    // no one was waiting
             NOTIFIED => {} // already unparked
             PARKED_CONDVAR => self.unpark_condvar(),
-            PARKED_DRIVER => self.unpark_driver(),
+            PARKED_DRIVER => driver.unpark(),
             actual => panic!("inconsistent state in unpark; actual = {}", actual),
         }
     }
@@ -233,10 +227,6 @@ impl Inner {
         self.condvar.notify_one()
     }
 
-    fn unpark_driver(&self) {
-        self.shared.handle.unpark();
-    }
-
     fn shutdown(&self) {
         if let Some(mut driver) = self.shared.driver.try_lock() {
             driver.shutdown();
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/worker.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/worker.rs
index 61e51fa5d01..2c799f2ff36 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/worker.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/scheduler/multi_thread/worker.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ pub(super) struct Shared {
     /// how they communicate between each other.
     remotes: Box<[Remote]>,
 
+    /// Used to unpark threads blocked on the I/O driver
+    driver: driver::Unpark,
+
     /// Global task queue used for:
     ///  1. Submit work to the scheduler while **not** currently on a worker thread.
     ///  2. Submit work to the scheduler when a worker run queue is saturated
@@ -190,6 +193,7 @@ pub(super) fn create(
     size: usize,
     park: Parker,
     driver_handle: driver::Handle,
+    driver_unpark: driver::Unpark,
     blocking_spawner: blocking::Spawner,
     seed_generator: RngSeedGenerator,
     config: Config,
@@ -223,6 +227,7 @@ pub(super) fn create(
     let handle = Arc::new(Handle {
         shared: Shared {
             remotes: remotes.into_boxed_slice(),
+            driver: driver_unpark,
             inject: Inject::new(),
             idle: Idle::new(size),
             owned: OwnedTasks::new(),
@@ -774,13 +779,13 @@ impl Shared {
 
     fn notify_parked(&self) {
         if let Some(index) = self.idle.worker_to_notify() {
-            self.remotes[index].unpark.unpark();
+            self.remotes[index].unpark.unpark(&self.driver);
         }
     }
 
     fn notify_all(&self) {
         for remote in &self.remotes[..] {
-            remote.unpark.unpark();
+            remote.unpark.unpark(&self.driver);
         }
     }