diff --git a/src/librbd/io/AioCompletion.cc b/src/librbd/io/AioCompletion.cc
index a50677215818b..9e1d1e18fe7a3 100644
--- a/src/librbd/io/AioCompletion.cc
+++ b/src/librbd/io/AioCompletion.cc
@@ -157,10 +157,9 @@ void AioCompletion::queue_complete() {
   add_request();
 
   // ensure completion fires in clean lock context
-  boost::asio::post(*ictx->asio_engine, boost::asio::bind_executor(
-    ictx->asio_engine->get_api_strand(), [this]() {
+  boost::asio::post(ictx->asio_engine->get_api_strand(), [this]() {
       complete_request(0);
-    }));
+    });
 }
 
 void AioCompletion::block(CephContext* cct) {
@@ -261,12 +260,11 @@ void AioCompletion::complete_external_callback() {
 
   // ensure librbd external users never experience concurrent callbacks
   // from multiple librbd-internal threads.
-  boost::asio::dispatch(*ictx->asio_engine, boost::asio::bind_executor(
-    ictx->asio_engine->get_api_strand(), [this]() {
+  boost::asio::dispatch(ictx->asio_engine->get_api_strand(), [this]() {
       complete_cb(rbd_comp, complete_arg);
       complete_event_socket();
       put();
-    }));
+    });
 }
 
 void AioCompletion::complete_event_socket() {