diff --git a/glommio/src/io/dma_file_stream.rs b/glommio/src/io/dma_file_stream.rs
index bf1bb8932..69f794fa0 100644
--- a/glommio/src/io/dma_file_stream.rs
+++ b/glommio/src/io/dma_file_stream.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use crate::{
     io::{dma_file::align_down, read_result::ReadResult, DmaFile},
     sys::DmaBuffer,
     task,
-    ByteSliceExt,
     ByteSliceMutExt,
 };
 use ahash::AHashMap;
@@ -256,29 +255,6 @@ impl DmaStreamReaderState {
         (pos & self.buffer_size_mask) >> self.buffer_size_shift
     }
 
-    fn copy_data(&mut self, pos: u64, result: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
-        let buffer_id = self.buffer_id(pos);
-        let in_buffer_offset = self.offset_of(pos);
-        if pos >= self.max_pos {
-            return 0;
-        }
-        let max_len = std::cmp::min(result.len(), (self.max_pos - pos) as usize);
-        let len: usize;
-
-        match self.buffermap.get(&buffer_id) {
-            None => {
-                panic!(
-                    "Buffer not found. But we should only call this function after we verified \
-                     that all buffers exist"
-                );
-            }
-            Some(buffer) => {
-                len = buffer.read_at(in_buffer_offset, &mut result[..max_len]);
-            }
-        }
-        len
-    }
-
     // returns true if heir was no waker for this buffer_id
     // otherwise, it replaces the existing one and returns false
     fn add_waker(&mut self, buffer_id: u64, waker: Waker) -> bool {
@@ -637,68 +613,9 @@ impl AsyncRead for DmaStreamReader {
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
         buf: &mut [u8],
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
-        let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
-        if let Some(err) = current_error!(state) {
-            return Poll::Ready(err);
-        }
-
-        let mut pos = self.current_pos;
-        if pos > state.max_pos {
-            return Poll::Ready(Ok(0));
-        }
-
-        let start = state.buffer_id(pos);
-        let end = state.buffer_id(pos + buf.len() as u64);
-
-        // special-casing the single buffer scenario helps small reads, as it allows
-        // us to do a single buffer lookup instead of N * 2;
-        if start == end {
-            match state.get_cached_buffer(&start).cloned() {
-                Some(buffer) => {
-                    let max_len = std::cmp::min(buf.len(), (state.max_pos - pos) as usize);
-                    let offset = state.offset_of(pos);
-                    let bytes_copied = buffer.read_at(offset, &mut buf[..max_len]);
-                    drop(state);
-                    self.skip(bytes_copied as u64);
-                    Poll::Ready(Ok(bytes_copied))
-                }
-                None => {
-                    if state.add_waker(start, cx.waker().clone()) {
-                        state.fill_buffer(self.state.clone(), self.file.clone());
-                    }
-                    Poll::Pending
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            for id in start..=end {
-                match state.get_cached_buffer(&id) {
-                    Some(buffer) => {
-                        if (buffer.len() as u64) < self.buffer_size {
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    None => {
-                        if state.add_waker(id, cx.waker().clone()) {
-                            state.fill_buffer(self.state.clone(), self.file.clone());
-                        }
-                        return Poll::Pending;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            let mut current_offset = 0;
-            while current_offset < buf.len() {
-                let bytes_copied = state.copy_data(pos, &mut buf[current_offset..]);
-                current_offset += bytes_copied;
-                pos += bytes_copied as u64;
-                if bytes_copied == 0 {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            drop(state);
-            self.skip(current_offset as u64);
-            Poll::Ready(Ok(current_offset))
-        }
+        let (res, _) = ready!(self.poll_get_buffer_aligned(cx, buf.len() as u64))?;
+        buf[..res.len()].copy_from_slice(&res);
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(res.len()))
     }
 }