src/runtime/crash_test.go                 | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/runtime/defer_test.go                 | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/runtime/panic.go                      | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 src/runtime/testdata/testprog/deadlock.go | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/src/runtime/crash_test.go b/src/runtime/crash_test.go
index 58ad4f3ebac399f37780281850f80e48ff873a8a..e5bd7973b70b781771b40eb734a49e0de7a0d4d6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/crash_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/crash_test.go
@@ -294,6 +294,18 @@ 	}
 
 }
 
+func TestRecursivePanic5(t *testing.T) {
+	output := runTestProg(t, "testprog", "RecursivePanic5")
+	want := `first panic
+second panic
+panic: third panic
+`
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(output, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("output does not start with %q:\n%s", want, output)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestGoexitCrash(t *testing.T) {
 	// External linking brings in cgo, causing deadlock detection not working.
 	testenv.MustInternalLink(t)
diff --git a/src/runtime/defer_test.go b/src/runtime/defer_test.go
index 5ac08145646063bee6e87c47cf1c48691d8149ad..9a40ea19842faf029d6a2502c38c15fedddb1f52 100644
--- a/src/runtime/defer_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/defer_test.go
@@ -410,3 +410,31 @@ 	if max > 0 {
 		rec1(max - 1)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIssue43921(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		expect(t, 1, recover())
+	}()
+	func() {
+		// Prevent open-coded defers
+		for {
+			defer func() {}()
+			break
+		}
+
+		defer func() {
+			defer func() {
+				expect(t, 4, recover())
+			}()
+			panic(4)
+		}()
+		panic(1)
+
+	}()
+}
+
+func expect(t *testing.T, n int, err interface{}) {
+	if n != err {
+		t.Fatalf("have %v, want %v", err, n)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/panic.go b/src/runtime/panic.go
index aed17d6fc62bd5704559477e192ba22468a055e3..5b2ccdd8740f802468227506afc9854459d23e4f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/panic.go
+++ b/src/runtime/panic.go
@@ -1000,37 +1000,42 @@ 				throw("bypassed recovery failed") // mcall should not return
 			}
 			atomic.Xadd(&runningPanicDefers, -1)
 
-			if done {
-				// Remove any remaining non-started, open-coded
-				// defer entries after a recover, since the
-				// corresponding defers will be executed normally
-				// (inline). Any such entry will become stale once
-				// we run the corresponding defers inline and exit
-				// the associated stack frame.
-				d := gp._defer
-				var prev *_defer
-				for d != nil {
-					if d.openDefer {
-						if d.started {
-							// This defer is started but we
-							// are in the middle of a
-							// defer-panic-recover inside of
-							// it, so don't remove it or any
-							// further defer entries
-							break
-						}
-						if prev == nil {
-							gp._defer = d.link
-						} else {
-							prev.link = d.link
-						}
-						newd := d.link
-						freedefer(d)
-						d = newd
+			// Remove any remaining non-started, open-coded
+			// defer entries after a recover, since the
+			// corresponding defers will be executed normally
+			// (inline). Any such entry will become stale once
+			// we run the corresponding defers inline and exit
+			// the associated stack frame.
+			d := gp._defer
+			var prev *_defer
+			if !done {
+				// Skip our current frame, if not done. It is
+				// needed to complete any remaining defers in
+				// deferreturn()
+				prev = d
+				d = d.link
+			}
+			for d != nil {
+				if d.started {
+					// This defer is started but we
+					// are in the middle of a
+					// defer-panic-recover inside of
+					// it, so don't remove it or any
+					// further defer entries
+					break
+				}
+				if d.openDefer {
+					if prev == nil {
+						gp._defer = d.link
 					} else {
-						prev = d
-						d = d.link
+						prev.link = d.link
 					}
+					newd := d.link
+					freedefer(d)
+					d = newd
+				} else {
+					prev = d
+					d = d.link
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/testdata/testprog/deadlock.go b/src/runtime/testdata/testprog/deadlock.go
index 105d6a5faae0cf78d4badfa926e903f7ab20d110..781acbd7706ac68627f3962bfd9d11f6c8953f41 100644
--- a/src/runtime/testdata/testprog/deadlock.go
+++ b/src/runtime/testdata/testprog/deadlock.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ 	register("RecursivePanic", RecursivePanic)
 	register("RecursivePanic2", RecursivePanic2)
 	register("RecursivePanic3", RecursivePanic3)
 	register("RecursivePanic4", RecursivePanic4)
+	register("RecursivePanic5", RecursivePanic5)
 	register("GoexitExit", GoexitExit)
 	register("GoNil", GoNil)
 	register("MainGoroutineID", MainGoroutineID)
@@ -157,6 +158,44 @@ 	defer func() {
 		recover()
 		panic("second panic")
 	}()
+	panic("first panic")
+}
+
+// Test case where we have an open-coded defer higher up the stack (in two), and
+// in the current function (three) we recover in a defer while we still have
+// another defer to be processed.
+func RecursivePanic5() {
+	one()
+	panic("third panic")
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func one() {
+	two()
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func two() {
+	defer func() {
+	}()
+
+	three()
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func three() {
+	defer func() {
+	}()
+
+	defer func() {
+		fmt.Println(recover())
+	}()
+
+	defer func() {
+		fmt.Println(recover())
+		panic("second panic")
+	}()
+
 	panic("first panic")
 }