diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_sched.cpp b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_sched.cpp
index 2e0dfac6eeb3b..2b1bb6f595f9a 100644
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_sched.cpp
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_sched.cpp
@@ -542,6 +542,12 @@ static void __kmp_dist_for_static_init(ident_t *loc, kmp_int32 gtid,
   nth = th->th.th_team_nproc;
   team = th->th.th_team;
   KMP_DEBUG_ASSERT(th->th.th_teams_microtask); // we are in the teams construct
+  // skip optional serialized teams to prevent this from using the wrong teams
+  // information when called after __kmp_serialized_parallel
+  // TODO: make __kmp_serialized_parallel eventually call __kmp_fork_in_teams
+  // to address this edge case
+  while (team->t.t_parent && team->t.t_serialized)
+    team = team->t.t_parent;
   nteams = th->th.th_teams_size.nteams;
   team_id = team->t.t_master_tid;
   KMP_DEBUG_ASSERT(nteams == (kmp_uint32)team->t.t_parent->t.t_nproc);