diff --git a/base/multi.jl b/base/multi.jl
index cff41f09549aad..742514a64daf40 100644
--- a/base/multi.jl
+++ b/base/multi.jl
@@ -517,15 +517,6 @@ function lookup_ref(pg, id, f)
     rv
 end
 
-function isready(rr::RemoteRef, args...)
-    rid = rr2id(rr)
-    if rr.where == myid()
-        isready(lookup_ref(rid).c, args...)
-    else
-        remotecall_fetch(rr.where, id->isready(lookup_ref(rid).c, args...), rid)
-    end
-end
-
 del_client(id, client) = del_client(PGRP, id, client)
 function del_client(pg, id, client)
     rv = lookup_ref(id)
@@ -777,6 +768,15 @@ function call_on_owner(f, rr::RemoteRef, args...)
     end
 end
 
+for f in (:isready, :navailable, :capacity)
+    f_ref = symbol(string(f, "_ref"))
+    @eval begin
+        ($f)(rv::RemoteValue, args...) = ($f)(rv.c, args...)
+        ($f_ref)(rid, args...) = ($f)(lookup_ref(rid).c, args...)
+        ($f)(rr::RemoteRef, args...) = call_on_owner(($f_ref), rr, args...)
+    end
+end
+
 wait_ref(rid, args...) = (wait(lookup_ref(rid).c, args...); nothing)
 wait(r::RemoteRef, args...) = (call_on_owner(wait_ref, r, args...); r)
 
diff --git a/test/parallel.jl b/test/parallel.jl
index 021fb2ed23a54b..3ec50a7d19c337 100644
--- a/test/parallel.jl
+++ b/test/parallel.jl
@@ -16,17 +16,33 @@ id_other = filter(x -> x != id_me, procs())[rand(1:(nprocs()-1))]
 
 rr=RemoteRef()
 @test typeof(rr) == RemoteRef{Channel{Any}}
+@test !isready(rr)
+@test navailable(rr) == 0
+@test capacity(rr) > 0
 a = rand(5,5)
 put!(rr, a)
+@test isready(rr)
+@test navailable(rr) == 1
 @test rr[2,3] == a[2,3]
 @test rr[] == a
+take!(rr)
+@test !isready(rr)
+@test navailable(rr) == 0
 
 rr=RemoteRef(workers()[1])
 @test typeof(rr) == RemoteRef{Channel{Any}}
+@test !isready(rr)
+@test navailable(rr) == 0
+@test capacity(rr) > 0
 a = rand(5,5)
 put!(rr, a)
+@test isready(rr)
+@test navailable(rr) == 1
 @test rr[1,5] == a[1,5]
 @test rr[] == a
+take!(rr)
+@test !isready(rr)
+@test navailable(rr) == 0
 
 dims = (20,20,20)