diff --git a/tokio/src/fs/write.rs b/tokio/src/fs/write.rs
index 543f97fd4..c70a19788 100644
--- a/tokio/src/fs/write.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/fs/write.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ async fn write_uring(path: &Path, mut buf: OwnedBuf) -> io::Result<()> {
     let mut buf_offset: usize = 0;
     let mut file_offset: u64 = 0;
     while buf_offset < total {
-        let (n, _buf, _fd) = Op::write_at(fd, buf, buf_offset, file_offset)?.await?;
+        let (n, _buf, _fd) = Op::write_at(fd, buf, buf_offset, file_offset)?.await;
+        // TODO: handle EINT here
+        let n = n?;
         if n == 0 {
             return Err(io::ErrorKind::WriteZero.into());
         }
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/uring/open.rs b/tokio/src/io/uring/open.rs
index 68f434ff1..913588c66 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/uring/open.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/uring/open.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 use super::utils::cstr;
-use crate::{
-    fs::UringOpenOptions,
-    runtime::driver::op::{CancelData, Cancellable, Completable, CqeResult, Op},
-};
+
+use crate::fs::UringOpenOptions;
+use crate::runtime::driver::op::{CancelData, Cancellable, Completable, CqeResult, Op};
+
 use io_uring::{opcode, types};
-use std::{ffi::CString, io, os::fd::FromRawFd, path::Path};
+use std::ffi::CString;
+use std::io::{self, Error};
+use std::os::fd::FromRawFd;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Open {
@@ -15,11 +18,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Open {
 }
 
 impl Completable for Open {
-    type Output = crate::fs::File;
-    fn complete(self, cqe: CqeResult) -> io::Result<Self::Output> {
-        let fd = cqe.result? as i32;
-        let file = unsafe { crate::fs::File::from_raw_fd(fd) };
-        Ok(file)
+    type Output = io::Result<crate::fs::File>;
+    fn complete(self, cqe: CqeResult) -> Self::Output {
+        cqe.result
+            .map(|fd| unsafe { crate::fs::File::from_raw_fd(fd as i32) })
+    }
+
+    fn complete_with_error(self, err: Error) -> Self::Output {
+        Err(err)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs b/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs
index 9332bd007..7341f7622 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-use crate::{
-    runtime::driver::op::{CancelData, Cancellable, Completable, CqeResult, Op},
-    util::as_ref::OwnedBuf,
-};
+use crate::runtime::driver::op::{CancelData, Cancellable, Completable, CqeResult, Op};
+use crate::util::as_ref::OwnedBuf;
+
 use io_uring::{opcode, types};
-use std::{
-    io,
-    os::fd::{AsRawFd, OwnedFd},
-};
+use std::io::{self, Error};
+use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, OwnedFd};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Write {
@@ -15,9 +12,13 @@ pub(crate) struct Write {
 }
 
 impl Completable for Write {
-    type Output = (u32, OwnedBuf, OwnedFd);
-    fn complete(self, cqe: CqeResult) -> io::Result<Self::Output> {
-        Ok((cqe.result?, self.buf, self.fd))
+    type Output = (io::Result<u32>, OwnedBuf, OwnedFd);
+    fn complete(self, cqe: CqeResult) -> Self::Output {
+        (cqe.result, self.buf, self.fd)
+    }
+
+    fn complete_with_error(self, err: Error) -> Self::Output {
+        (Err(err), self.buf, self.fd)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/driver/op.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/driver/op.rs
index 413dd4a83..37945cf5a 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/driver/op.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/driver/op.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 use crate::io::uring::open::Open;
 use crate::io::uring::write::Write;
 use crate::runtime::Handle;
+
 use io_uring::cqueue;
 use io_uring::squeue::Entry;
 use std::future::Future;
+use std::io::{self, Error};
+use std::mem;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::Context;
-use std::task::Poll;
-use std::task::Waker;
-use std::{io, mem};
+use std::task::{Context, Poll, Waker};
 
 // This field isn't accessed directly, but it holds cancellation data,
 // so `#[allow(dead_code)]` is needed.
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ impl From<cqueue::Entry> for CqeResult {
 /// A trait that converts a CQE result into a usable value for each operation.
 pub(crate) trait Completable {
     type Output;
-    fn complete(self, cqe: CqeResult) -> io::Result<Self::Output>;
+    fn complete(self, cqe: CqeResult) -> Self::Output;
+
+    // This is used when you want to terminate an operation with an error.
+    //
+    // The `Op` type that implements this trait can return the passed error
+    // upstream by embedding it in the `Output`.
+    fn complete_with_error(self, error: Error) -> Self::Output;
 }
 
 /// Extracts the `CancelData` needed to safely cancel an in-flight io_uring operation.
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ pub(crate) trait Cancellable {
 impl<T: Cancellable> Unpin for Op<T> {}
 
 impl<T: Cancellable + Completable + Send> Future for Op<T> {
-    type Output = io::Result<T::Output>;
+    type Output = T::Output;
 
     fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
         let this = self.get_mut();
@@ -132,9 +138,21 @@ impl<T: Cancellable + Completable + Send> Future for Op<T> {
             State::Initialize(entry_opt) => {
                 let entry = entry_opt.take().expect("Entry must be present");
                 let waker = cx.waker().clone();
+
                 // SAFETY: entry is valid for the entire duration of the operation
-                let idx = unsafe { driver.register_op(entry, waker)? };
-                this.state = State::Polled(idx);
+                match unsafe { driver.register_op(entry, waker) } {
+                    Ok(idx) => this.state = State::Polled(idx),
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        let data = this
+                            .take_data()
+                            .expect("Data must be present on Initialization");
+
+                        this.state = State::Complete;
+
+                        return Poll::Ready(data.complete_with_error(err));
+                    }
+                };
+
                 Poll::Pending
             }