diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMHooks-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMHooks-test.js
index 399751cb7ef62..fe6caa82198da 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMHooks-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMHooks-test.js
@@ -70,6 +70,42 @@ describe('ReactDOMHooks', () => {
     expect(container3.textContent).toBe('6');
   });
 
+  it('can batch synchronous work inside effects with other work', () => {
+    let otherContainer = document.createElement('div');
+
+    let calledA = false;
+    function A() {
+      calledA = true;
+      return 'A';
+    }
+
+    let calledB = false;
+    function B() {
+      calledB = true;
+      return 'B';
+    }
+
+    let _set;
+    function Foo() {
+      _set = React.useState(0)[1];
+      React.useEffect(() => {
+        ReactDOM.render(<A />, otherContainer);
+      });
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    ReactDOM.render(<Foo />, container);
+    ReactDOM.unstable_batchedUpdates(() => {
+      _set(0); // Forces the effect to be flushed
+      expect(otherContainer.textContent).toBe('');
+      ReactDOM.render(<B />, otherContainer);
+      expect(otherContainer.textContent).toBe('');
+    });
+    expect(otherContainer.textContent).toBe('B');
+    expect(calledA).toBe(false); // It was in a batch
+    expect(calledB).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('should not bail out when an update is scheduled from within an event handler', () => {
     const {createRef, useCallback, useState} = React;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberScheduler.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberScheduler.js
index 783ec2ed272db..2e05987a3d3d4 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberScheduler.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberScheduler.js
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ function commitPassiveEffects(root: FiberRoot, firstEffect: Fiber): void {
     requestWork(root, rootExpirationTime);
   }
   // Flush any sync work that was scheduled by effects
-  if (!isRendering) {
+  if (!isBatchingUpdates && !isRendering) {
     performSyncWork();
   }
 }