diff --git a/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs b/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
index c895dabacc8..2446160a127 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
@@ -192,17 +192,15 @@ 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),
+        match self.io.connect() {
+            Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                self.io
+                    .registration()
+                    .async_io(Interest::WRITABLE, || self.io.connect())
+                    .await
             }
+            x => x,
         }
-
-        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Disconnects the server end of a named pipe instance from a client
diff --git a/tokio/tests/named_pipe.rs b/tokio/tests/net_named_pipe.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from tokio/tests/named_pipe.rs
rename to tokio/tests/net_named_pipe.rs
index 2055c3ce5be..05a01bbe2de 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/named_pipe.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/net_named_pipe.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,33 @@ async fn test_named_pipe_mode_message() -> io::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+// This tests `NamedPipeServer::connect` with various access settings.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_named_pipe_access() -> io::Result<()> {
+    const PIPE_NAME: &str = r"\\.\pipe\test-named-pipe-access";
+
+    for (inb, outb) in [(true, true), (true, false), (false, true)] {
+        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let s = ServerOptions::new()
+                .access_inbound(inb)
+                .access_outbound(outb)
+                .create(PIPE_NAME)?;
+            let mut connect_fut = tokio_test::task::spawn(s.connect());
+            assert!(connect_fut.poll().is_pending());
+            tx.send(()).unwrap();
+            connect_fut.await
+        });
+
+        // Wait for the server to call connect.
+        rx.await.unwrap();
+        let _ = ClientOptions::new().read(outb).write(inb).open(PIPE_NAME)?;
+
+        server.await??;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn num_instances(pipe_name: impl AsRef<str>) -> io::Result<u32> {
     use ntapi::ntioapi;
     use winapi::shared::ntdef;