diff --git a/strings/base_coroutine_foundation.h b/strings/base_coroutine_foundation.h
index 6afeff607..1cfde4230 100644
--- a/strings/base_coroutine_foundation.h
+++ b/strings/base_coroutine_foundation.h
@@ -135,9 +135,12 @@ namespace winrt::impl
             }
             else
             {
-                resume_apartment(m_context, std::exchange(m_handle, {}), &m_awaiter->failure);
+                auto handle = std::exchange(m_handle, {});
+                if (!resume_apartment(m_context, handle, &m_awaiter->failure))
+                {
+                    handle.resume();
+                }
             }
-
         }
     };
 
@@ -182,7 +185,6 @@ namespace winrt::impl
     private:
         auto register_completed_callback(coroutine_handle<> handle)
         {
-            auto extend_lifetime = async;
             async.Completed(disconnect_aware_handler(this, handle));
 #ifdef _RESUMABLE_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORTED
             if (!suspending.exchange(false, std::memory_order_acquire))
diff --git a/strings/base_coroutine_threadpool.h b/strings/base_coroutine_threadpool.h
index fb23f24c9..aa8a5b2b1 100644
--- a/strings/base_coroutine_threadpool.h
+++ b/strings/base_coroutine_threadpool.h
@@ -118,19 +118,22 @@ namespace winrt::impl
         WINRT_ASSERT(context.valid());
         if ((context.m_context == nullptr) || (context.m_context == try_capture<IContextCallback>(WINRT_IMPL_CoGetObjectContext)))
         {
-            handle();
+            return false;
         }
         else if (context.m_context_type == 1 /* APTTYPE_MTA */)
         {
             resume_background(handle);
+            return true;
         }
         else if (is_sta_thread())
         {
             resume_apartment_on_threadpool(context.m_context, handle, failure);
+            return true;
         }
         else
         {
             resume_apartment_sync(context.m_context, handle, failure);
+            return true;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -315,7 +318,7 @@ namespace winrt::impl
 {
     struct apartment_awaiter
     {
-        apartment_context context; // make a copy because resuming may destruct the original
+        apartment_context const& context;
         int32_t failure = 0;
 
         bool await_ready() const noexcept
@@ -328,9 +331,17 @@ namespace winrt::impl
             check_hresult(failure);
         }
 
-        void await_suspend(impl::coroutine_handle<> handle)
+        auto await_suspend(impl::coroutine_handle<> handle)
         {
-            impl::resume_apartment(context.context, handle, &failure);
+            auto context_copy = context;
+#ifdef _RESUMABLE_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORTED
+            if (!impl::resume_apartment(context_copy.context, handle, &failure))
+            {
+                handle.resume();
+            }
+#else
+            return impl::resume_apartment(context_copy.context, handle, &failure);
+#endif
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/test/test/await_completed.cpp b/test/test/await_completed.cpp
index be33e818f..6af8dfa21 100644
--- a/test/test/await_completed.cpp
+++ b/test/test/await_completed.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,38 @@ namespace
         // MSVC standard-conforming coroutines (as well as gcc and clang coroutines)
         // support "bool await_suspend" just fine.
         REQUIRE(consumed == 0);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    // co_await the same apartment context and confirm that stack does not grow.
+    // This is in await_completed.cpp because it's basically the same thing as awaiting
+    // an already-completed coroutine, so the test uses the same infrastructure.
+    IAsyncAction TestApartmentContextNop()
+    {
+        winrt::apartment_context same_context;
+
+        uintptr_t initial = approximate_stack_pointer();
+        co_await resume_sync_from_await_suspend();
+        uintptr_t sync_usage = initial - approximate_stack_pointer();
+
+        initial = approximate_stack_pointer();
+        co_await same_context;
+        uintptr_t consumed = initial - approximate_stack_pointer();
+
+#ifdef _RESUMABLE_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORTED
+        // This branch is taken only for MSVC prerelease coroutines.
+        //
+        // MSVC prerelease coroutines prior to 16.11 do not implement "bool await_suspend" reliably,
+        // so we can't use it impl::apartment_awaiter. We must resume inline inside await_suspend,
+        // so there is a small amount of stack usage. (Pre-16.11 and post-16.11 prerelease coroutines
+        // are interoperable, so we cannot change behavior based on which compiler we are using,
+        // because that would introduce ODR violations. Our first opportunity to change behavior
+        // is the ABI breaking change with MSVC standard-conforming coroutines.)
+        REQUIRE(consumed <= sync_usage);
+#else
+        // MSVC standard-conforming coroutines (as well as gcc and clang coroutines)
+        // support "bool await_suspend" just fine.
+        REQUIRE(consumed == 0);
 #endif
     }
 }
@@ -73,3 +105,8 @@ TEST_CASE("await_completed_await")
 {
     SyncCompletion().get();
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("apartment_context_nop")
+{
+    TestApartmentContextNop().get();
+}
diff --git a/test/test_cpp20/await_completed.cpp b/test/test_cpp20/await_completed.cpp
index 2448a3f88..3ae64e25e 100644
--- a/test/test_cpp20/await_completed.cpp
+++ b/test/test_cpp20/await_completed.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,22 @@ namespace
         uintptr_t consumed = initial - approximate_stack_pointer();
         REQUIRE(consumed == 0);
     }
+
+    IAsyncAction TestApartmentContextNop()
+    {
+        // co_await the same apartment and confirm that stack does not grow.
+        winrt::apartment_context same_context;
+        uintptr_t initial = approximate_stack_pointer();
+        co_await same_context;
+        uintptr_t consumed = initial - approximate_stack_pointer();
+        REQUIRE(consumed == 0);
+    }
 }
 TEST_CASE("await_completed_await")
 {
     SyncCompletion().get();
+}
+TEST_CASE("apartment_context_nop")
+{
+    TestApartmentContextNop().get();
 }
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