diff --git a/lib/std/Io.zig b/lib/std/Io.zig
index 906ba85f72d1014b9b17341c25e16cc775943b3a..d438208c4685453e766c0eff150cb09e747e17e7 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io.zig
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ pub const OperateTimeoutError = Cancelable || Timeout.Error || ConcurrentError;
 
 /// Performs one `Operation` with provided `timeout`.
 pub fn operateTimeout(io: Io, operation: Operation, timeout: Timeout) OperateTimeoutError!Operation.Result {
+    if (timeout == .none) return io.vtable.operate(io.userdata, operation);
     var storage: [1]Operation.Storage = undefined;
     var batch: Batch = .init(&storage);
     batch.addAt(0, operation);
@@ -1147,6 +1148,7 @@ pub const Duration = struct {
 
 /// Declares under what conditions an operation should return `error.Timeout`.
 pub const Timeout = union(enum) {
+    /// `.none` will wait forever
     none,
     duration: Clock.Duration,
     deadline: Clock.Timestamp,
diff --git a/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig b/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig
index 9b6670b60336a7adc8a1dd529051cb4517a6162d..bcbc1ec9cc5351ee540546ccdb72d7151a0ed2f9 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig
@@ -11771,7 +11771,6 @@ fn nowWasi(clock: Io.Clock) Io.Timestamp {
 
 fn sleep(userdata: ?*anyopaque, timeout: Io.Timeout) Io.Cancelable!void {
     const t: *Threaded = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
-    if (timeout == .none) return;
     if (use_parking_sleep) return parking_sleep.sleep(timeout);
     if (native_os == .wasi) return sleepWasi(t, timeout);
     if (@TypeOf(posix.system.clock_nanosleep) != void) return sleepPosix(timeout);