diff --git a/src/trio/_core/_run.py b/src/trio/_core/_run.py
index 7282883723..d7e2d0474c 100644
--- a/src/trio/_core/_run.py
+++ b/src/trio/_core/_run.py
@@ -1231,19 +1231,30 @@ async def async_fn(arg1, arg2, *, task_status=trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED):
             raise RuntimeError("Nursery is closed to new arrivals")
         try:
             self._pending_starts += 1
-            # `strict_exception_groups=False` prevents the implementation-detail
-            # nursery from inheriting `strict_exception_groups=True` from the
-            # `run` option, which would cause it to wrap a pre-started()
-            # exception in an extra ExceptionGroup. See #2611.
-            async with open_nursery(strict_exception_groups=False) as old_nursery:
-                task_status: _TaskStatus[Any] = _TaskStatus(old_nursery, self)
-                thunk = functools.partial(async_fn, task_status=task_status)
-                task = GLOBAL_RUN_CONTEXT.runner.spawn_impl(
-                    thunk, args, old_nursery, name
-                )
-                task._eventual_parent_nursery = self
-                # Wait for either TaskStatus.started or an exception to
-                # cancel this nursery:
+            # wrap internal nursery in try-except to unroll any exceptiongroups
+            # to avoid wrapping pre-started() exceptions in an extra ExceptionGroup.
+            # See #2611.
+            try:
+                # set strict_exception_groups = True to make sure we always unwrap
+                # *this* nursery's exceptiongroup
+                async with open_nursery(strict_exception_groups=True) as old_nursery:
+                    task_status: _TaskStatus[Any] = _TaskStatus(old_nursery, self)
+                    thunk = functools.partial(async_fn, task_status=task_status)
+                    task = GLOBAL_RUN_CONTEXT.runner.spawn_impl(
+                        thunk, args, old_nursery, name
+                    )
+                    task._eventual_parent_nursery = self
+                    # Wait for either TaskStatus.started or an exception to
+                    # cancel this nursery:
+            except BaseExceptionGroup as exc:
+                if len(exc.exceptions) == 1:
+                    raise exc.exceptions[0] from None
+                raise TrioInternalError(
+                    "Internal nursery should not have multiple tasks. This can be "
+                    'caused by the user managing to access the "old" nursery in '
+                    "`task_status` and spawning tasks in it."
+                ) from exc
+
             # If we get here, then the child either got reparented or exited
             # normally. The complicated logic is all in TaskStatus.started().
             # (Any exceptions propagate directly out of the above.)
diff --git a/src/trio/_core/_tests/test_run.py b/src/trio/_core/_tests/test_run.py
index adfee663cb..b1011a4e1b 100644
--- a/src/trio/_core/_tests/test_run.py
+++ b/src/trio/_core/_tests/test_run.py
@@ -2700,3 +2700,19 @@ async def start_raiser() -> None:
         assert type(should_be_raiser_exc) == type(raiser_exc)
         assert should_be_raiser_exc.message == raiser_exc.message
         assert should_be_raiser_exc.exceptions == raiser_exc.exceptions
+
+
+async def test_internal_error_old_nursery_multiple_tasks() -> None:
+    async def error_func() -> None:
+        raise ValueError
+
+    async def spawn_tasks_in_old_nursery(task_status: _core.TaskStatus[None]) -> None:
+        old_nursery = _core.current_task().parent_nursery
+        assert old_nursery is not None
+        old_nursery.start_soon(error_func)
+        old_nursery.start_soon(error_func)
+
+    async with _core.open_nursery() as nursery:
+        with pytest.raises(_core.TrioInternalError) as excinfo:
+            await nursery.start(spawn_tasks_in_old_nursery)
+    assert RaisesGroup(ValueError, ValueError).matches(excinfo.value.__cause__)