An information processing apparatus including a communication interface to communicate with another information processing apparatus, and a processor that executes a process including issuing, by a first thread, a reception request of data from the another information processing apparatus to the communication interface, determining, by using the first thread, whether a completion notification is stored in a queue that stores data transmitted from the other information processing apparatus, causing the first thread to transit to a suspended state when the completion notification is not stored, executing a processing by using a second thread included in the plurality of threads when the first thread is in the suspended state, determining whether the completion notification is stored in the queue after the processing, and transferring the received data to the first thread and causing the first thread to return from the suspended state, upon a storing of the completion notification.