diff --git a/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py b/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py
index ec52ee4c..819ceca9 100644
--- a/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from collections.abc import (
     AsyncIterator,
     Awaitable,
+    Coroutine as CoroutineT,
     Generator,
     Iterable,
     Iterator,
@@ -276,6 +277,69 @@ def _fixture_synchronizer(
 AsyncGenFixtureYieldType = TypeVar("AsyncGenFixtureYieldType")
 
 
+def _create_task_in_context(
+    coro: CoroutineT[Any, Any, Any],
+    loop: AbstractEventLoop,
+    context: contextvars.Context,
+) -> asyncio.Task[Any]:
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+        return loop.create_task(coro, context=context)
+
+    from backports.asyncio.runner._patch import _patch_object
+    from backports.asyncio.runner.tasks import Task
+
+    with (
+        _patch_object(asyncio.tasks, asyncio.tasks.Task.__name__, Task),
+        _patch_object(contextvars, contextvars.copy_context.__name__, lambda: context),
+    ):
+        return loop.create_task(coro)
+
+
+class _FixtureRunner:
+    def __init__(self, loop: AbstractEventLoop, context: contextvars.Context) -> None:
+        self.loop = loop
+        self.queue: asyncio.Queue[tuple[Awaitable[Any], asyncio.Future[Any]] | None] = (
+            asyncio.Queue()
+        )
+        self._context = context
+        self._task = None
+
+    async def _worker(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            item = await self.queue.get()
+            if item is None:
+                break
+            coro, future = item
+            try:
+                retval = await coro
+                future.set_result(retval)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                future.set_exception(exc)
+
+    def run(self, func):
+        return self.loop.run_until_complete(self._run(func))
+
+    async def _run(self, func):
+        if self._task is None:
+            self._task = _create_task_in_context(
+                self._worker(), loop=self.loop, context=self._context
+            )
+
+        coro = func()
+        future = self.loop.create_future()
+        self.queue.put_nowait((coro, future))
+        return await future
+
+    async def _stop(self):
+        self.queue.put_nowait(None)
+        if self._task is not None:
+            await self._task
+            self._task = None
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(self._stop())
+
+
 def _wrap_asyncgen_fixture(
     fixture_function: Callable[
         AsyncGenFixtureParams, AsyncGeneratorType[AsyncGenFixtureYieldType, Any]
@@ -295,7 +359,8 @@ async def setup():
             return res
 
         context = contextvars.copy_context()
-        result = runner.run(setup(), context=context)
+        fixture_runner = _FixtureRunner(loop=runner.get_loop(), context=context)
+        result = fixture_runner.run(setup)
 
         reset_contextvars = _apply_contextvar_changes(context)
 
@@ -312,7 +377,8 @@ async def async_finalizer() -> None:
                     msg += "Yield only once."
                     raise ValueError(msg)
 
-            runner.run(async_finalizer(), context=context)
+            fixture_runner.run(async_finalizer)
+            fixture_runner.stop()
             if reset_contextvars is not None:
                 reset_contextvars()
 
diff --git a/tests/async_fixtures/test_async_fixtures.py b/tests/async_fixtures/test_async_fixtures.py
index 16478539..b8ccf190 100644
--- a/tests/async_fixtures/test_async_fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/async_fixtures/test_async_fixtures.py
@@ -37,3 +37,14 @@ async def async_fixture_method(self):
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_async_fixture_method(self):
         assert self.is_same_instance
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+async def setup_and_teardown_tasks():
+    task = asyncio.current_task()
+    yield
+    assert task is asyncio.current_task()
+
+
+async def test_setup_and_teardown_tasks(setup_and_teardown_tasks):
+    pass