diff --git a/src/Numerics/Threading/Parallel.cs b/src/Numerics/Threading/Parallel.cs
index dbab88c8..83315988 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Threading/Parallel.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Threading/Parallel.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Threading
 
             // fast forward execution in case parallelization is disabled
             // (cdrnet, 200908): should we fast forward on STA threads as well?
-            if (Control.DisableParallelization || ThreadQueue.ThreadCount <= 1)
+            if (Control.DisableParallelization
+                || ThreadQueue.ThreadCount <= 1
+                || ThreadQueue.IsInWorkerThread)
             {
                 for (int i = fromInclusive; i < toExclusive; i++)
                 {
@@ -136,7 +138,9 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Threading
 
             // fast forward execution in case parallelization is disabled
             // (cdrnet, 200908): should we fast forward on STA threads as well?
-            if (Control.DisableParallelization || ThreadQueue.ThreadCount <= 1)
+            if (Control.DisableParallelization
+                || ThreadQueue.ThreadCount <= 1
+                || ThreadQueue.IsInWorkerThread)
             {
                 for (int i = 0; i < actions.Length; i++)
                 {
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Threading/ThreadQueue.cs b/src/Numerics/Threading/ThreadQueue.cs
index cfcdd780..555b41c9 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Threading/ThreadQueue.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Threading/ThreadQueue.cs
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Threading
         /// </summary>
         internal static int ThreadCount { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicating whether the current thread is a parallelized worker thread.
+        /// </summary>
+        [ThreadStatic]
+        private static bool _isInWorkerThread;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes static members of the ThreadQueue class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -85,6 +91,14 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Threading
             Start(Environment.ProcessorCount);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the current thread is a parallelized worker thread.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsInWorkerThread
+        {
+            get { return _isInWorkerThread; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Add a job to the queue.
         /// </summary>
@@ -131,6 +145,8 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Threading
         /// </summary>
         private static void WorkerThreadStart()
         {
+            _isInWorkerThread = true;
+
             while (_running)
             {
                 // Wait until a job is available, or we should shut down
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/ThreadingTests/ParallelTest.cs b/src/UnitTests/ThreadingTests/ParallelTest.cs
index 2e114dff..cc05e732 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/ThreadingTests/ParallelTest.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/ThreadingTests/ParallelTest.cs
@@ -143,5 +143,48 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.ThreadingTests
                 Assert.AreEqual(1001, items[i], i.ToString());
             }
         }
+
+        [Test, ApartmentState(ApartmentState.MTA)]
+        public void DoesDetectAndResolveRecursiveParallelization()
+        {
+            int countSharedBetweenClosures = 0;
+
+            Assert.DoesNotThrow(
+                () =>
+                Parallel.For(
+                    0,
+                    10,
+                    j => Interlocked.Increment(ref countSharedBetweenClosures)));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(10, countSharedBetweenClosures);
+            countSharedBetweenClosures = 0;
+
+            Parallel.For(
+                0,
+                10,
+                i =>
+                Parallel.For(
+                    0,
+                    10,
+                    j => Interlocked.Increment(ref countSharedBetweenClosures)));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(100, countSharedBetweenClosures);
+            countSharedBetweenClosures = 0;
+
+            Parallel.For(
+                0,
+                10,
+                i =>
+                Parallel.For(
+                    0,
+                    10,
+                    j =>
+                    Parallel.For(
+                        0,
+                        10,
+                        k => Interlocked.Increment(ref countSharedBetweenClosures))));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1000, countSharedBetweenClosures);
+        }
     }
 }
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