diff --git a/src/datadeps.jl b/src/datadeps.jl
index 42778fced..8eb762e94 100644
--- a/src/datadeps.jl
+++ b/src/datadeps.jl
@@ -698,7 +698,11 @@ function distribute_tasks!(queue::DataDepsTaskQueue)
         @assert our_proc in all_procs
         our_space = only(memory_spaces(our_proc))
         our_procs = filter(proc->proc in all_procs, collect(processors(our_space)))
-        our_scope = UnionScope(map(ExactScope, our_procs)...)
+        task_scope = get(spec.options, :scope, AnyScope())
+        our_scope = constrain(UnionScope(map(ExactScope, our_procs)...), task_scope)
+        if our_scope isa InvalidScope
+            throw(Sch.SchedulingException("Scopes are not compatible: $(our_scope.x), $(our_scope.y)"))
+        end
 
         spec.f = move(ThreadProc(myid(), 1), our_proc, spec.f)
         @dagdebug nothing :spawn_datadeps "($(repr(spec.f))) Scheduling: $our_proc ($our_space)"
diff --git a/test/datadeps.jl b/test/datadeps.jl
index fa1bcd7e6..b8830f58e 100644
--- a/test/datadeps.jl
+++ b/test/datadeps.jl
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ function test_datadeps(;args_chunks::Bool,
 
     # FIXME: Deps
 
-    # Scope
+    # Outer Scope
     exec_procs = fetch.(Dagger.spawn_datadeps(;aliasing) do
         [Dagger.@spawn Dagger.task_processor() for i in 1:10]
     end)
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ function test_datadeps(;args_chunks::Bool,
         @test proc in exec_procs
     end
 
+    # Inner Scope
+    @test_throws Dagger.Sch.SchedulingException Dagger.spawn_datadeps() do 
+        Dagger.@spawn scope=Dagger.ExactScope(Dagger.ThreadProc(1, 5000)) 1+1
+    end
+
     # Add-to-copy
     A = rand(1000)
     B = rand(1000)