diff --git a/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js b/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
index 4f6acceab80..c552f1bd825 100644
--- a/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
+++ b/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ class SegmentInfo {
 
             if (info) {
                 info.freshReadVariableNames.add(variableName);
+
+                // If a variable is freshly read again, then it's no more out-dated.
+                info.outdatedReadVariableNames.delete(variableName);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js b/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
index 8977745cacc..cd51e38ffbd 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
@@ -150,6 +150,18 @@ ruleTester.run("require-atomic-updates", rule, {
                 let bar = await get(foo.id);
                 foo.prop = bar.prop;
             }
+        `,
+
+        // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/11954
+        `
+            let count = 0
+            let queue = []
+            async function A(...args) {
+                count += 1
+                await new Promise(resolve=>resolve())
+                count -= 1
+                return
+            }
         `
     ],