diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpUpgradeStream.cs b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpUpgradeStream.cs
index e7163b7ece..d6fedc0518 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpUpgradeStream.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpUpgradeStream.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http
             return _requestStream.ReadAsync(buffer, offset, count, cancellationToken);
         }
 
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+        public override ValueTask<int> ReadAsync(Memory<byte> destination, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            return _requestStream.ReadAsync(destination, cancellationToken);
+        }
+#endif
+
         public override Task CopyToAsync(Stream destination, int bufferSize, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             return _requestStream.CopyToAsync(destination, bufferSize, cancellationToken);
@@ -155,6 +162,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http
             return _responseStream.WriteAsync(buffer, offset, count, cancellationToken);
         }
 
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+        public override ValueTask WriteAsync(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> source, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            return _responseStream.WriteAsync(source, cancellationToken);
+        }
+#endif
+
         public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
         {
             return _requestStream.Seek(offset, origin);
diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Infrastructure/WrappingStream.cs b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Infrastructure/WrappingStream.cs
index a1c87ad8c8..9485392825 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Infrastructure/WrappingStream.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Infrastructure/WrappingStream.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure
         public override Task<int> ReadAsync(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             => _inner.ReadAsync(buffer, offset, count, cancellationToken);
 
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+        public override ValueTask<int> ReadAsync(Memory<byte> destination, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+            => _inner.ReadAsync(destination, cancellationToken);
+#endif
+
         public override int ReadByte()
             => _inner.ReadByte();
 
@@ -83,6 +88,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure
         public override Task WriteAsync(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             => _inner.WriteAsync(buffer, offset, count, cancellationToken);
 
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+        public override ValueTask WriteAsync(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> source, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+            => _inner.WriteAsync(source, cancellationToken);
+#endif
+
         public override void WriteByte(byte value)
             => _inner.WriteByte(value);
 
diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs
index 7423b0d67a..4c067e8cb6 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.Internal
     internal sealed class SocketConnection : TransportConnection, IDisposable
     {
         private static readonly int MinAllocBufferSize = KestrelMemoryPool.MinimumSegmentSize / 2;
+        private static readonly bool IsWindows = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows);
 
         private readonly Socket _socket;
         private readonly PipeScheduler _scheduler;
@@ -54,8 +55,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.Internal
 
             ConnectionClosed = _connectionClosedTokenSource.Token;
 
-            _receiver = new SocketReceiver(_socket, _scheduler);
-            _sender = new SocketSender(_socket, _scheduler);
+            // On *nix platforms, Sockets already dispatches to the ThreadPool.
+            // Yes, the IOQueues are still used for the PipeSchedulers. This is intentional.
+            // https://github.com/aspnet/KestrelHttpServer/issues/2573
+            var awaiterScheduler = IsWindows ? _scheduler : PipeScheduler.Inline;
+
+            _receiver = new SocketReceiver(_socket, awaiterScheduler);
+            _sender = new SocketSender(_socket, awaiterScheduler);
         }
 
         public override MemoryPool<byte> MemoryPool { get; }
diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Properties/SocketsStrings.Designer.cs b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Properties/SocketsStrings.Designer.cs
index 9d2e7e0182..2d26f8f398 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Properties/SocketsStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Properties/SocketsStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets
             = new ResourceManager("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketsStrings", typeof(SocketsStrings).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Only ListenType.IPEndPoint is supported.
+        /// Only ListenType.IPEndPoint is supported by the Socket Transport. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=874850
         /// </summary>
         internal static string OnlyIPEndPointsSupported
         {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Only ListenType.IPEndPoint is supported.
+        /// Only ListenType.IPEndPoint is supported by the Socket Transport. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=874850
         /// </summary>
         internal static string FormatOnlyIPEndPointsSupported()
             => GetString("OnlyIPEndPointsSupported");
diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/SocketsStrings.resx b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/SocketsStrings.resx
index 79cd2d7303..52b26c66bc 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/SocketsStrings.resx
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/SocketsStrings.resx
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
   <data name="OnlyIPEndPointsSupported" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Only ListenType.IPEndPoint is supported.</value>
+    <value>Only ListenType.IPEndPoint is supported by the Socket Transport. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=874850</value>
   </data>
   <data name="TransportAlreadyBound" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Transport is already bound.</value>