diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js
index ce94ab3a3fa3f..4358952c3523f 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberBeginWork.js
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ import {
   scheduleUpdateOnFiber,
   renderDidSuspendDelayIfPossible,
   markUnprocessedUpdateTime,
+  getWorkInProgressRoot,
 } from './ReactFiberWorkLoop';
 
 const ReactCurrentOwner = ReactSharedInternals.ReactCurrentOwner;
@@ -1605,23 +1606,16 @@ function getRemainingWorkInPrimaryTree(
   if ((workInProgress.mode & BlockingMode) !== NoMode) {
     // The highest priority remaining work is part of this render. Since we only
     // keep track of the highest level, we don't know if there's a lower
-    // priority level scheduled. As a compromise, we'll render at a really low
-    // priority that includes all the updates.
+    // priority level scheduled. As a compromise, we'll render at the lowest
+    // known level in the entire tree, since that will include everything.
     // TODO: If expirationTime were a bitmask where each bit represents a
     // separate task thread, this would be: currentChildBits & ~renderBits
-    // TODO: We used to track the lowest pending level for the whole root, but
-    // we removed it to simplify the implementation. It might be worth adding
-    // it back for this use case, to avoid redundant passes.
-    if (renderExpirationTime > ContinuousHydration) {
-      // First we try ContinuousHydration, so that we don't get grouped
-      // with Idle.
-      return ContinuousHydration;
-    } else if (renderExpirationTime > Idle) {
-      // Then we'll try Idle.
-      return Idle;
-    } else {
-      // Already at lowest possible update level.
-      return NoWork;
+    const root = getWorkInProgressRoot();
+    if (root !== null) {
+      const lastPendingTime = root.lastPendingTime;
+      if (lastPendingTime < renderExpirationTime) {
+        return lastPendingTime;
+      }
     }
   }
   // In legacy mode, there's no work left.
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooksWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooksWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js
index 5cecd89b00a83..e24008eb54d2d 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooksWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooksWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js
@@ -734,22 +734,12 @@ describe('ReactHooksWithNoopRenderer', () => {
         root.render(<Foo signal={false} />);
         setLabel('B');
       });
-      expect(Scheduler).toHaveYielded([
-        'Suspend!',
-        // TODO: This second attempt is because React isn't sure if there's
-        // another update at a lower priority. Ideally we wouldn't need it.
-        'Suspend!',
-      ]);
+      expect(Scheduler).toHaveYielded(['Suspend!']);
       expect(root).toMatchRenderedOutput(<span prop="A:0" />);
 
       // Rendering again should suspend again.
       root.render(<Foo signal={false} />);
-      expect(Scheduler).toFlushAndYield([
-        'Suspend!',
-        // TODO: This second attempt is because React isn't sure if there's
-        // another update at a lower priority. Ideally we wouldn't need it.
-        'Suspend!',
-      ]);
+      expect(Scheduler).toFlushAndYield(['Suspend!']);
 
       // Flip the signal back to "cancel" the update. However, the update to
       // label should still proceed. It shouldn't have been dropped.
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspense-test.internal.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspense-test.internal.js
index 9029a911cc493..0a1d209d41f52 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspense-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspense-test.internal.js
@@ -956,14 +956,7 @@ describe('ReactSuspense', () => {
 
       // Update that suspends
       instance.setState({step: 2});
-      expect(Scheduler).toFlushAndYield([
-        'Suspend! [Step: 2]',
-        'Loading...',
-        // TODO: This second attempt is because React isn't sure if there's
-        // another update at a lower priority. Ideally we wouldn't need it.
-        'Suspend! [Step: 2]',
-        'Loading...',
-      ]);
+      expect(Scheduler).toFlushAndYield(['Suspend! [Step: 2]', 'Loading...']);
       jest.advanceTimersByTime(500);
       expect(root).toMatchRenderedOutput('Loading...');
 
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspenseWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspenseWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js
index c5e1eb7a12411..1fd71e3cfc5ef 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspenseWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactSuspenseWithNoopRenderer-test.internal.js
@@ -3091,15 +3091,6 @@ describe('ReactSuspenseWithNoopRenderer', () => {
         // First we attempt the high pri update. It suspends.
         'Suspend! [B]',
         'Loading...',
-
-        // Then retry at a lower priority level.
-        // NOTE: The current implementation doesn't know which level to attempt,
-        // so it picks ContinuousHydration, which is one level higher than Idle.
-        // Since it doesn't include the Idle update, it will suspend again and
-        // reschedule to try at Idle. If we refactor expiration time to be a
-        // bitmask, we shouldn't need this heuristic.
-        'Suspend! [B]',
-        'Loading...',
       ]);
 
       // Commit the placeholder to unblock the Idle update.
@@ -3166,20 +3157,13 @@ describe('ReactSuspenseWithNoopRenderer', () => {
       await ReactNoop.act(async () => {
         setText('C');
       });
-      expect(Scheduler).toHaveYielded([
-        'Suspend! [C]',
-        'Loading...',
-
-        'Suspend! [C]',
-        'Loading...',
-      ]);
+      expect(Scheduler).toHaveYielded(['Suspend! [C]', 'Loading...']);
 
       // Commit. This will insert a fragment fiber to wrap around the component
       // that triggered the update.
       await ReactNoop.act(async () => {
         await advanceTimers(250);
       });
-      expect(Scheduler).toHaveYielded(['Suspend! [C]']);
       // The fragment fiber is part of the current tree, but the setState return
       // path still follows the alternate path. That means the fragment fiber is
       // not part of the return path.