diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
index c0d3be3257a..388171d0161 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/context.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ cfg_rt! {
     pub(crate) struct SetCurrentGuard {
         old_handle: Option<scheduler::Handle>,
         old_seed: RngSeed,
+        // Should not be `Send` since it must be *dropped* on the same thread as
+        // created, but there is no issue with sync access.
+        _p: PhantomData<crate::util::markers::SyncNotSend>,
     }
 
     /// Guard tracking that a caller has entered a runtime context.
@@ -308,6 +311,7 @@ cfg_rt! {
             SetCurrentGuard {
                 old_handle,
                 old_seed,
+                _p: PhantomData,
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tokio/src/util/markers.rs b/tokio/src/util/markers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1da09da94af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio/src/util/markers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// Marker for types that are `Sync` but not `Send`
+pub(crate) struct SyncNotSend(*mut ());
+
+unsafe impl Sync for SyncNotSend {}
diff --git a/tokio/src/util/mod.rs b/tokio/src/util/mod.rs
index b1afc5716b9..6a7d4b1037c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -79,3 +79,5 @@ pub(crate) mod error;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "io-util")]
 pub(crate) mod memchr;
+
+pub(crate) mod markers;
diff --git a/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs b/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs
index 0c2c34a0796..32c03a54be2 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ async_assert_fn!(tokio::task::unconstrained(BoxFutureSend<()>): Send & !Sync & U
 async_assert_fn!(tokio::task::unconstrained(BoxFutureSync<()>): Send & Sync & Unpin);
 
 assert_value!(tokio::runtime::Builder: Send & Sync & Unpin);
-assert_value!(tokio::runtime::EnterGuard<'_>: Send & Sync & Unpin);
+assert_value!(tokio::runtime::EnterGuard<'_>: !Send & Sync & Unpin);
 assert_value!(tokio::runtime::Handle: Send & Sync & Unpin);
 assert_value!(tokio::runtime::Runtime: Send & Sync & Unpin);