diff --git a/asgiref/current_thread_executor.py b/asgiref/current_thread_executor.py
index 67a7926f..4ecc4585 100644
--- a/asgiref/current_thread_executor.py
+++ b/asgiref/current_thread_executor.py
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class CurrentThreadExecutor(Executor):
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._work_thread = threading.current_thread()
-        self._work_queue: queue.Queue[Union[_WorkItem, "Future[Any]"]] = queue.Queue()
+        self._work_queue: queue.Queue[Union[_WorkItem, None]] = queue.Queue()
+        self._level = 0
         self._broken = False
 
     def run_until_future(self, future: "Future[Any]") -> None:
@@ -68,20 +69,21 @@ def run_until_future(self, future: "Future[Any]") -> None:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "You cannot run CurrentThreadExecutor from a different thread"
             )
-        future.add_done_callback(self._work_queue.put)
-        # Keep getting and running work items until we get the future we're waiting for
-        # back via the future's done callback.
+        future.add_done_callback(lambda future: self._work_queue.put(None))
+        self._level += 1
+        # Keep getting and running work items until the future we're waiting for is
+        # done.
         try:
-            while True:
+            while not future.done():
                 # Get a work item and run it
                 work_item = self._work_queue.get()
-                if work_item is future:
-                    return
-                assert isinstance(work_item, _WorkItem)
+                if work_item is None:
+                    continue
                 work_item.run()
                 del work_item
         finally:
-            self._broken = True
+            self._level -= 1
+            self._broken = self._level == 0
 
     def _submit(
         self,
diff --git a/asgiref/sync.py b/asgiref/sync.py
index 377075d1..9bfaf182 100644
--- a/asgiref/sync.py
+++ b/asgiref/sync.py
@@ -192,12 +192,14 @@ def __call__(self, *args: _P.args, **kwargs: _P.kwargs) -> _R:
         # Make a future for the return information
         call_result: "Future[_R]" = Future()
 
-        # Make a CurrentThreadExecutor we'll use to idle in this thread - we
-        # need one for every sync frame, even if there's one above us in the
-        # same thread.
+        # Make a CurrentThreadExecutor we'll use to idle in this thread, unless
+        # we can reuse one above us in the same thread.
         old_executor = getattr(self.executors, "current", None)
-        current_executor = CurrentThreadExecutor()
-        self.executors.current = current_executor
+        if old_executor is None:
+            current_executor = CurrentThreadExecutor()
+            self.executors.current = current_executor
+        else:
+            current_executor = old_executor
 
         # Wrapping context in list so it can be reassigned from within
         # `main_wrap`.
diff --git a/tests/test_sync.py b/tests/test_sync.py
index 0c67308c..11667413 100644
--- a/tests/test_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_sync.py
@@ -1208,3 +1208,33 @@ def test_function(**kwargs: Any) -> None:
 
     # SyncToAsync.__call__.loop.run_in_executor has a param named `task_context`.
     await test_function(task_context=1)
+
+
+def test_nested_task() -> None:
+    async def inner() -> asyncio.Task[None]:
+        return asyncio.create_task(sync_to_async(print)("inner"))
+
+    async def main() -> None:
+        task = await sync_to_async(async_to_sync(inner))()
+        await task
+
+    async_to_sync(main)()
+
+
+def test_nested_task_later() -> None:
+    def later(fut: asyncio.Future[asyncio.Task[None]]) -> None:
+        task = asyncio.create_task(sync_to_async(print)("later"))
+        fut.set_result(task)
+
+    async def inner() -> asyncio.Future[asyncio.Task[None]]:
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        fut = loop.create_future()
+        loop.call_later(0.1, later, fut)
+        return fut
+
+    async def main() -> None:
+        fut = await sync_to_async(async_to_sync(inner))()
+        task = await fut
+        await task
+
+    async_to_sync(main)()