diff --git a/crates/wasi-io/src/streams.rs b/crates/wasi-io/src/streams.rs
index 8f2392697c7e..402de016d581 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-io/src/streams.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-io/src/streams.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 
+/// `Pollable::ready()` for `InputStream` and `OutputStream` may return
+/// prematurely due to `io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock`.
+///
+/// To ensure that `blocking_` functions return a valid non-empty result,
+/// we use a loop with a maximum iteration limit.
+///
+/// This constant defines the maximum number of loop attempts allowed.
+const MAX_BLOCKING_ATTEMPTS: u8 = 10;
+
 /// Host trait for implementing the `wasi:io/streams.input-stream` resource: A
 /// bytestream which can be read from.
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
@@ -24,8 +33,24 @@ pub trait InputStream: Pollable {
     /// Similar to `read`, except that it blocks until at least one byte can be
     /// read.
     async fn blocking_read(&mut self, size: usize) -> StreamResult<Bytes> {
-        self.ready().await;
-        self.read(size)
+        if size == 0 {
+            self.ready().await;
+            return self.read(size);
+        }
+
+        let mut i = 0;
+        loop {
+            // This `ready` call may return prematurely due to `io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock`.
+            self.ready().await;
+            let data = self.read(size)?;
+            if !data.is_empty() {
+                return Ok(data);
+            }
+            if i >= MAX_BLOCKING_ATTEMPTS {
+                return Err(StreamError::trap("max blocking attempts exceeded"));
+            }
+            i += 1;
+        }
     }
 
     /// Same as the `read` method except that bytes are skipped.
@@ -239,8 +264,19 @@ pub trait OutputStream: Pollable {
     /// Simultaneously waits for this stream to be writable and then returns how
     /// much may be written or the last error that happened.
     async fn write_ready(&mut self) -> StreamResult<usize> {
-        self.ready().await;
-        self.check_write()
+        let mut i = 0;
+        loop {
+            // This `ready` call may return prematurely due to `io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock`.
+            self.ready().await;
+            let n = self.check_write()?;
+            if n > 0 {
+                return Ok(n);
+            }
+            if i >= MAX_BLOCKING_ATTEMPTS {
+                return Err(StreamError::trap("max blocking attempts exceeded"));
+            }
+            i += 1;
+        }
     }
 
     /// Cancel any asynchronous work and wait for it to wrap up.