diff --git a/pkg/sql/drop_view.go b/pkg/sql/drop_view.go
index 2afd86fa38f1..75155baf133e 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/drop_view.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/drop_view.go
@@ -236,13 +236,16 @@ func (p *planner) dropViewImpl(
 			if err != nil {
 				return cascadeDroppedViews, err
 			}
-
-			cascadedViews, err := p.dropViewImpl(ctx, dependentDesc, queueJob, "dropping dependent view", behavior)
-			if err != nil {
-				return cascadeDroppedViews, err
+			// Check if the dependency was already marked as dropped,
+			// while dealing with any earlier dependent views.
+			if !dependentDesc.Dropped() {
+				cascadedViews, err := p.dropViewImpl(ctx, dependentDesc, queueJob, "dropping dependent view", behavior)
+				if err != nil {
+					return cascadeDroppedViews, err
+				}
+				cascadeDroppedViews = append(cascadeDroppedViews, cascadedViews...)
+				cascadeDroppedViews = append(cascadeDroppedViews, qualifiedView.FQString())
 			}
-			cascadeDroppedViews = append(cascadeDroppedViews, cascadedViews...)
-			cascadeDroppedViews = append(cascadeDroppedViews, qualifiedView.FQString())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/views b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/views
index da5a64a461b8..068bc4b211f1 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/views
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/views
@@ -1202,3 +1202,30 @@ query T
 SELECT * FROM v15
 ----
 b
+
+subtest view-cascade-nesting
+
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE t1nest (id INT PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(256))
+
+statement ok
+CREATE VIEW v1nest AS (SELECT name FROM t1nest)
+
+statement ok
+CREATE VIEW v2nest AS (SELECT name AS n1, name AS n2 FROM v1nest)
+
+statement ok
+CREATE VIEW v3nest AS (SELECT name, n1 FROM v1nest, v2nest);
+
+statement ok
+DROP table t1nest CASCADE
+
+# Validate the objects being dropped
+query IT
+SELECT "reportingID", info::JSONB - 'Timestamp' - 'DescriptorID'
+FROM system.eventlog
+WHERE "eventType" in ('drop_view', 'drop_table')
+ORDER BY "timestamp" DESC, info
+LIMIT 1
+----
+ 1  {"CascadeDroppedViews": ["db2.public.v3nest", "db2.public.v2nest", "db2.public.v1nest"], "EventType": "drop_table", "Statement": "DROP TABLE db2.public.t1nest CASCADE", "TableName": "db2.public.t1nest", "Tag": "DROP TABLE", "User": "root"}