diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_tool.cc b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_tool.cc
index 7f86ee8a6..7c73a08ba 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_tool.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_tool.cc
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
 namespace {
 static std::shared_ptr<ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::Env> env_guard;
-static std::shared_ptr<ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::CompositeEnvWrapper>
-    env_wrapper_guard;
+static std::shared_ptr<ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::Env> env_wrapper_guard;
 static std::shared_ptr<ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::CompositeEnvWrapper>
     dbsl_env_wrapper_guard;
 static std::shared_ptr<CompositeEnvWrapper> fault_env_guard;
@@ -99,6 +98,13 @@ int db_stress_tool(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   env_wrapper_guard = std::make_shared<CompositeEnvWrapper>(
       raw_env, std::make_shared<DbStressFSWrapper>(raw_env->GetFileSystem()));
+  if (!env_opts) {
+    // If using the default Env (Posix), wrap DbStressEnvWrapper with the
+    // legacy EnvWrapper. This is a temporary fix for the ReadAsync interface
+    // not being properly supported with Posix and db_stress. The EnvWrapper
+    // has a default implementation of ReadAsync that redirects to Read.
+    env_wrapper_guard = std::make_shared<EnvWrapper>(env_wrapper_guard);
+  }
   db_stress_env = env_wrapper_guard.get();
 
   FLAGS_rep_factory = StringToRepFactory(FLAGS_memtablerep.c_str());