diff --git a/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/mod.rs b/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/mod.rs
index 0dbaea908..dedf75dee 100644
--- a/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/mod.rs
+++ b/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/mod.rs
@@ -558,20 +558,7 @@ impl<Fut> Debug for FuturesUnordered<Fut> {
 impl<Fut> FuturesUnordered<Fut> {
     /// Clears the set, removing all futures.
     pub fn clear(&mut self) {
-        self.clear_head_all();
-
-        // we just cleared all the tasks, and we have &mut self, so this is safe.
-        unsafe { self.ready_to_run_queue.clear() };
-
-        self.is_terminated.store(false, Relaxed);
-    }
-
-    fn clear_head_all(&mut self) {
-        while !self.head_all.get_mut().is_null() {
-            let head = *self.head_all.get_mut();
-            let task = unsafe { self.unlink(head) };
-            self.release_task(task);
-        }
+        *self = Self::new();
     }
 }
 
@@ -581,7 +568,11 @@ impl<Fut> Drop for FuturesUnordered<Fut> {
         // associated with it. At the same time though there may be tons of
         // wakers flying around which contain `Task<Fut>` references
         // inside them. We'll let those naturally get deallocated.
-        self.clear_head_all();
+        while !self.head_all.get_mut().is_null() {
+            let head = *self.head_all.get_mut();
+            let task = unsafe { self.unlink(head) };
+            self.release_task(task);
+        }
 
         // Note that at this point we could still have a bunch of tasks in the
         // ready to run queue. None of those tasks, however, have futures
diff --git a/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/ready_to_run_queue.rs b/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/ready_to_run_queue.rs
index 451870532..a924935d2 100644
--- a/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/ready_to_run_queue.rs
+++ b/futures-util/src/stream/futures_unordered/ready_to_run_queue.rs
@@ -85,38 +85,25 @@ impl<Fut> ReadyToRunQueue<Fut> {
     pub(super) fn stub(&self) -> *const Task<Fut> {
         Arc::as_ptr(&self.stub)
     }
-
-    // Clear the queue of tasks.
-    //
-    // Note that each task has a strong reference count associated with it
-    // which is owned by the ready to run queue. This method just pulls out
-    // tasks and drops their refcounts.
-    //
-    // # Safety
-    //
-    // - All tasks **must** have had their futures dropped already (by FuturesUnordered::clear)
-    // - The caller **must** guarantee unique access to `self`
-    pub(crate) unsafe fn clear(&self) {
-        loop {
-            // SAFETY: We have the guarantee of mutual exclusion required by `dequeue`.
-            match self.dequeue() {
-                Dequeue::Empty => break,
-                Dequeue::Inconsistent => abort("inconsistent in drop"),
-                Dequeue::Data(ptr) => drop(Arc::from_raw(ptr)),
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 impl<Fut> Drop for ReadyToRunQueue<Fut> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         // Once we're in the destructor for `Inner<Fut>` we need to clear out
         // the ready to run queue of tasks if there's anything left in there.
-
-        // All tasks have had their futures dropped already by the `FuturesUnordered`
-        // destructor above, and we have &mut self, so this is safe.
+        //
+        // Note that each task has a strong reference count associated with it
+        // which is owned by the ready to run queue. All tasks should have had
+        // their futures dropped already by the `FuturesUnordered` destructor
+        // above, so we're just pulling out tasks and dropping their refcounts.
         unsafe {
-            self.clear();
+            loop {
+                match self.dequeue() {
+                    Dequeue::Empty => break,
+                    Dequeue::Inconsistent => abort("inconsistent in drop"),
+                    Dequeue::Data(ptr) => drop(Arc::from_raw(ptr)),
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/futures/tests/stream_futures_unordered.rs b/futures/tests/stream_futures_unordered.rs
index 5ce11670c..36d30e620 100644
--- a/futures/tests/stream_futures_unordered.rs
+++ b/futures/tests/stream_futures_unordered.rs
@@ -381,3 +381,28 @@ fn clear() {
     tasks.clear();
     assert!(!tasks.is_terminated());
 }
+
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/futures-rs/issues/2529#issuecomment-997290279
+#[test]
+fn clear_in_loop() {
+    const N: usize =
+        if cfg!(miri) || option_env!("QEMU_LD_PREFIX").is_some() { 100 } else { 10_000 };
+    futures::executor::block_on(async {
+        async fn task() {
+            let (s, r) = oneshot::channel();
+            std::thread::spawn(|| {
+                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_micros(100));
+                let _ = s.send(());
+            });
+            r.await.unwrap()
+        }
+        let mut futures = FuturesUnordered::new();
+        for _ in 0..N {
+            for _ in 0..24 {
+                futures.push(task());
+            }
+            let _ = futures.next().await;
+            futures.clear();
+        }
+    });
+}