diff --git a/src/bufio/bufio.go b/src/bufio/bufio.go
index 5a88def0c7..8469b9eff7 100644
--- a/src/bufio/bufio.go
+++ b/src/bufio/bufio.go
@@ -70,7 +70,14 @@ func (b *Reader) Size() int { return len(b.buf) }
 // the buffered reader to read from r.
 // Calling Reset on the zero value of Reader initializes the internal buffer
 // to the default size.
+// Calling b.Reset(b) (that is, resetting a Reader to itself) does nothing.
 func (b *Reader) Reset(r io.Reader) {
+	// If a Reader r is passed to NewReader, NewReader will return r.
+	// Different layers of code may do that, and then later pass r
+	// to Reset. Avoid infinite recursion in that case.
+	if b == r {
+		return
+	}
 	if b.buf == nil {
 		b.buf = make([]byte, defaultBufSize)
 	}
@@ -608,7 +615,14 @@ func (b *Writer) Size() int { return len(b.buf) }
 // resets b to write its output to w.
 // Calling Reset on the zero value of Writer initializes the internal buffer
 // to the default size.
+// Calling w.Reset(w) (that is, resetting a Writer to itself) does nothing.
 func (b *Writer) Reset(w io.Writer) {
+	// If a Writer w is passed to NewWriter, NewWriter will return w.
+	// Different layers of code may do that, and then later pass w
+	// to Reset. Avoid infinite recursion in that case.
+	if b == w {
+		return
+	}
 	if b.buf == nil {
 		b.buf = make([]byte, defaultBufSize)
 	}
diff --git a/src/bufio/bufio_test.go b/src/bufio/bufio_test.go
index 64ccd025ea..a8c1e50397 100644
--- a/src/bufio/bufio_test.go
+++ b/src/bufio/bufio_test.go
@@ -1482,6 +1482,17 @@ func TestReadZero(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReaderReset(t *testing.T) {
+	checkAll := func(r *Reader, want string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		all, err := io.ReadAll(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if string(all) != want {
+			t.Errorf("ReadAll returned %q, want %q", all, want)
+		}
+	}
+
 	r := NewReader(strings.NewReader("foo foo"))
 	buf := make([]byte, 3)
 	r.Read(buf)
@@ -1490,27 +1501,23 @@ func TestReaderReset(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	r.Reset(strings.NewReader("bar bar"))
-	all, err := io.ReadAll(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if string(all) != "bar bar" {
-		t.Errorf("ReadAll = %q; want bar bar", all)
-	}
+	checkAll(r, "bar bar")
 
 	*r = Reader{} // zero out the Reader
 	r.Reset(strings.NewReader("bar bar"))
-	all, err = io.ReadAll(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if string(all) != "bar bar" {
-		t.Errorf("ReadAll = %q; want bar bar", all)
-	}
+	checkAll(r, "bar bar")
+
+	// Wrap a reader and then Reset to that reader.
+	r.Reset(strings.NewReader("recur"))
+	r2 := NewReader(r)
+	checkAll(r2, "recur")
+	r.Reset(strings.NewReader("recur2"))
+	r2.Reset(r)
+	checkAll(r2, "recur2")
 }
 
 func TestWriterReset(t *testing.T) {
-	var buf1, buf2, buf3 strings.Builder
+	var buf1, buf2, buf3, buf4, buf5 strings.Builder
 	w := NewWriter(&buf1)
 	w.WriteString("foo")
 
@@ -1534,6 +1541,22 @@ func TestWriterReset(t *testing.T) {
 	if buf3.String() != "bar" {
 		t.Errorf("buf3 = %q; want bar", buf3.String())
 	}
+
+	// Wrap a writer and then Reset to that writer.
+	w.Reset(&buf4)
+	w2 := NewWriter(w)
+	w2.WriteString("recur")
+	w2.Flush()
+	if buf4.String() != "recur" {
+		t.Errorf("buf4 = %q, want %q", buf4.String(), "recur")
+	}
+	w.Reset(&buf5)
+	w2.Reset(w)
+	w2.WriteString("recur2")
+	w2.Flush()
+	if buf5.String() != "recur2" {
+		t.Errorf("buf5 = %q, want %q", buf5.String(), "recur2")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestReaderDiscard(t *testing.T) {