diff --git a/src/buf/fixed/pool.rs b/src/buf/fixed/pool.rs
index 409d27e9..5bea4afb 100644
--- a/src/buf/fixed/pool.rs
+++ b/src/buf/fixed/pool.rs
@@ -274,8 +274,10 @@ impl<T: IoBufMut> FixedBufPool<T> {
         pin!(notified);
         loop {
             // In the single-threaded case, no buffers could get checked in
-            // between us calling `try_next` and here, so we can't miss a wakeup.
-            notified.as_mut().await;
+            // between us calling `try_next` and here. However, we may still miss a wake-up,
+            // as multiple check-ins can occur before any waking tasks are scheduled,
+            // which would result in the loss of a permit
+            notified.as_mut().enable();
 
             if let Some(data) = self.inner.borrow_mut().try_next(cap) {
                 // Safety: the validity of buffer data is ensured by
@@ -284,6 +286,9 @@ impl<T: IoBufMut> FixedBufPool<T> {
                 return buf;
             }
 
+            // Await notify_one
+            notified.as_mut().await;
+
             // It's possible that the task did not get a buffer from `try_next`.
             // The `Notify` entries are created once for each requested capacity
             // and never removed, so this `Notify` could have been holding