diff --git a/src/input/input_event.cc b/src/input/input_event.cc
index b6126540..24390bb0 100644
--- a/src/input/input_event.cc
+++ b/src/input/input_event.cc
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ namespace input {
 
 void
 InputEvent::insert() {
-  torrent::this_thread::poll()->open(this);
-  torrent::this_thread::poll()->insert_read(this);
+  torrent::this_thread::poll()->open_and_insert_read(this);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/rpc/scgi.cc b/src/rpc/scgi.cc
index 4f665547..c9035c1e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/scgi.cc
+++ b/src/rpc/scgi.cc
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ void
 SCgi::activate() {
   assert(torrent::this_thread::thread() == scgi_thread::thread());
 
-  torrent::this_thread::poll()->open(this);
-  torrent::this_thread::poll()->insert_read(this);
+  torrent::this_thread::poll()->open_and_insert_read(this);
 }
 
 // TODO: This should close the fd to avoid reuse.
diff --git a/src/rpc/scgi_task.cc b/src/rpc/scgi_task.cc
index f9a05882..9785d158 100644
--- a/src/rpc/scgi_task.cc
+++ b/src/rpc/scgi_task.cc
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ SCgiTask::open(SCgi* parent, int fd) {
                                  // m_trusted=false into the next reuse, given that the
                                  // UNTRUSTED_CONNECTION=0 parse branch is a no-op.
 
-  torrent::this_thread::poll()->open(this);
-  torrent::this_thread::poll()->insert_read(this);
+  torrent::this_thread::poll()->open_and_insert_read(this);
 
   auto lock = std::lock_guard<std::mutex>(m_result_mutex);