diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
index d9e8428a837..6de657481e0 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ cfg_rt! {
     use std::fmt;
 
     #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+    #[must_use]
     pub(crate) enum EnterRuntime {
         /// Currently in a runtime context.
         #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "rt"), allow(dead_code))]
@@ -84,17 +85,22 @@ cfg_rt! {
     }
 
     #[derive(Debug)]
+    #[must_use]
     pub(crate) struct SetCurrentGuard {
         old_handle: Option<scheduler::Handle>,
         old_seed: RngSeed,
     }
 
     /// Guard tracking that a caller has entered a runtime context.
+    #[must_use]
     pub(crate) struct EnterRuntimeGuard {
         pub(crate) blocking: BlockingRegionGuard,
+        #[allow(dead_code)] // Only tracking the guard.
+        pub(crate) handle: SetCurrentGuard,
     }
 
     /// Guard tracking that a caller has entered a blocking region.
+    #[must_use]
     pub(crate) struct BlockingRegionGuard {
         _p: PhantomData<RefCell<()>>,
     }
@@ -121,10 +127,7 @@ cfg_rt! {
     /// executor.
     #[track_caller]
     pub(crate) fn enter_runtime(handle: &scheduler::Handle, allow_block_in_place: bool) -> EnterRuntimeGuard {
-        if let Some(enter) = try_enter_runtime(allow_block_in_place) {
-            // Set the current runtime handle. This should not fail. A later
-            // cleanup will remove the unwrap().
-            try_set_current(handle).unwrap();
+        if let Some(enter) = try_enter_runtime(handle, allow_block_in_place) {
             return enter;
         }
 
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ cfg_rt! {
 
     /// Tries to enter a runtime context, returns `None` if already in a runtime
     /// context.
-    fn try_enter_runtime(allow_block_in_place: bool) -> Option<EnterRuntimeGuard> {
+    fn try_enter_runtime(handle: &scheduler::Handle, allow_block_in_place: bool) -> Option<EnterRuntimeGuard> {
         CONTEXT.with(|c| {
             if c.runtime.get().is_entered() {
                 None
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ cfg_rt! {
                 c.runtime.set(EnterRuntime::Entered { allow_block_in_place });
                 Some(EnterRuntimeGuard {
                     blocking: BlockingRegionGuard::new(),
+                    handle: c.set_current(handle),
                 })
             }
         })
diff --git a/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs b/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs
index a9439c632c0..1039162ac2f 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs
@@ -243,14 +243,6 @@ rt_test! {
             tokio::spawn(async move {
                 let (done_tx, mut done_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
 
-                /*
-                for _ in 0..100 {
-                    tokio::spawn(async move { });
-                }
-
-                tokio::task::yield_now().await;
-                */
-
                 let mut txs = (0..ITER)
                     .map(|i| {
                         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
@@ -291,6 +283,31 @@ rt_test! {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn spawn_one_from_block_on_called_on_handle() {
+        let rt = rt();
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+
+        #[allow(clippy::async_yields_async)]
+        let handle = rt.handle().block_on(async {
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                tx.send("ZOMG").unwrap();
+                "DONE"
+            })
+        });
+
+        let out = rt.block_on(async {
+            let msg = assert_ok!(rx.await);
+
+            let out = assert_ok!(handle.await);
+            assert_eq!(out, "DONE");
+
+            msg
+        });
+
+        assert_eq!(out, "ZOMG");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn spawn_await_chain() {
         let rt = rt();