diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberRootScheduler.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberRootScheduler.js
index f7c26580bb95a..108c6ff849eb1 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberRootScheduler.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberRootScheduler.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import {
   resetNestedUpdateFlag,
   syncNestedUpdateFlag,
 } from './ReactProfilerTimer';
+import {peekEntangledActionLane} from './ReactFiberAsyncAction';
 
 // A linked list of all the roots with pending work. In an idiomatic app,
 // there's only a single root, but we do support multi root apps, hence this
@@ -645,7 +646,15 @@ export function requestTransitionLane(
   // over. Our heuristic for that is whenever we enter a concurrent work loop.
   if (currentEventTransitionLane === NoLane) {
     // All transitions within the same event are assigned the same lane.
-    currentEventTransitionLane = claimNextTransitionLane();
+    const actionScopeLane = peekEntangledActionLane();
+    currentEventTransitionLane =
+      actionScopeLane !== NoLane
+        ? // We're inside an async action scope. Reuse the same lane.
+          actionScopeLane
+        : // We may or may not be inside an async action scope. If we are, this
+          // is the first update in that scope. Either way, we need to get a
+          // fresh transition lane.
+          claimNextTransitionLane();
   }
   return currentEventTransitionLane;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.js
index 95285c936eb93..c62691aa1f8c4 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.js
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ import {
   requestTransitionLane,
 } from './ReactFiberRootScheduler';
 import {getMaskedContext, getUnmaskedContext} from './ReactFiberContext';
-import {peekEntangledActionLane} from './ReactFiberAsyncAction';
 import {logUncaughtError} from './ReactFiberErrorLogger';
 import {
   deleteScheduledGesture,
@@ -779,14 +778,7 @@ export function requestUpdateLane(fiber: Fiber): Lane {
       transition._updatedFibers.add(fiber);
     }
 
-    const actionScopeLane = peekEntangledActionLane();
-    return actionScopeLane !== NoLane
-      ? // We're inside an async action scope. Reuse the same lane.
-        actionScopeLane
-      : // We may or may not be inside an async action scope. If we are, this
-        // is the first update in that scope. Either way, we need to get a
-        // fresh transition lane.
-        requestTransitionLane(transition);
+    return requestTransitionLane(transition);
   }
 
   return eventPriorityToLane(resolveUpdatePriority());