diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js
index e34d9ad5e2275..956f81e89270a 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js
@@ -212,19 +212,19 @@ export function trackUsedThenable<T>(
             }
           },
         );
-      }
 
-      // Check one more time in case the thenable resolved synchronously.
-      switch (thenable.status) {
-        case 'fulfilled': {
-          const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-          return fulfilledThenable.value;
-        }
-        case 'rejected': {
-          const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-          const rejectedError = rejectedThenable.reason;
-          checkIfUseWrappedInAsyncCatch(rejectedError);
-          throw rejectedError;
+        // Check one more time in case the thenable resolved synchronously.
+        switch (thenable.status) {
+          case 'fulfilled': {
+            const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+            return fulfilledThenable.value;
+          }
+          case 'rejected': {
+            const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+            const rejectedError = rejectedThenable.reason;
+            checkIfUseWrappedInAsyncCatch(rejectedError);
+            throw rejectedError;
+          }
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js b/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js
index d671c1503327d..d8d2f6707a95d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
-import type {
-  ReactNodeList,
-  Thenable,
-  PendingThenable,
-  FulfilledThenable,
-  RejectedThenable,
-} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
+import type {ReactNodeList} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
 
 import isArray from 'shared/isArray';
 import {
@@ -81,68 +75,6 @@ function getElementKey(element: any, index: number): string {
   return index.toString(36);
 }
 
-function noop() {}
-
-function resolveThenable<T>(thenable: Thenable<T>): T {
-  switch (thenable.status) {
-    case 'fulfilled': {
-      const fulfilledValue: T = thenable.value;
-      return fulfilledValue;
-    }
-    case 'rejected': {
-      const rejectedError = thenable.reason;
-      throw rejectedError;
-    }
-    default: {
-      if (typeof thenable.status === 'string') {
-        // Only instrument the thenable if the status if not defined. If
-        // it's defined, but an unknown value, assume it's been instrumented by
-        // some custom userspace implementation. We treat it as "pending".
-        // Attach a dummy listener, to ensure that any lazy initialization can
-        // happen. Flight lazily parses JSON when the value is actually awaited.
-        thenable.then(noop, noop);
-      } else {
-        // This is an uncached thenable that we haven't seen before.
-
-        // TODO: Detect infinite ping loops caused by uncached promises.
-
-        const pendingThenable: PendingThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-        pendingThenable.status = 'pending';
-        pendingThenable.then(
-          fulfilledValue => {
-            if (thenable.status === 'pending') {
-              const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-              fulfilledThenable.status = 'fulfilled';
-              fulfilledThenable.value = fulfilledValue;
-            }
-          },
-          (error: mixed) => {
-            if (thenable.status === 'pending') {
-              const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-              rejectedThenable.status = 'rejected';
-              rejectedThenable.reason = error;
-            }
-          },
-        );
-      }
-
-      // Check one more time in case the thenable resolved synchronously.
-      switch (thenable.status) {
-        case 'fulfilled': {
-          const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-          return fulfilledThenable.value;
-        }
-        case 'rejected': {
-          const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-          const rejectedError = rejectedThenable.reason;
-          throw rejectedError;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  throw thenable;
-}
-
 function mapIntoArray(
   children: ?ReactNodeList,
   array: Array<React$Node>,
@@ -175,14 +107,9 @@ function mapIntoArray(
             invokeCallback = true;
             break;
           case REACT_LAZY_TYPE:
-            const payload = (children: any)._payload;
-            const init = (children: any)._init;
-            return mapIntoArray(
-              init(payload),
-              array,
-              escapedPrefix,
-              nameSoFar,
-              callback,
+            throw new Error(
+              'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
+                'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
             );
         }
     }
@@ -285,19 +212,16 @@ function mapIntoArray(
         );
       }
     } else if (type === 'object') {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/safe-string-coercion
+      const childrenString = String((children: any));
+
       if (typeof (children: any).then === 'function') {
-        return mapIntoArray(
-          resolveThenable((children: any)),
-          array,
-          escapedPrefix,
-          nameSoFar,
-          callback,
+        throw new Error(
+          'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
+            'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
         );
       }
 
-      // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/safe-string-coercion
-      const childrenString = String((children: any));
-
       throw new Error(
         `Objects are not valid as a React child (found: ${
           childrenString === '[object Object]'
diff --git a/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js b/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js
index 92e7ba435a1d2..0c405f91b15f3 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js
@@ -952,36 +952,26 @@ describe('ReactChildren', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should render React.lazy after suspending', async () => {
+  it('should throw on React.lazy', async () => {
     const lazyElement = React.lazy(async () => ({default: <div />}));
-    function Component() {
-      return React.Children.map([lazyElement], c =>
-        React.cloneElement(c, {children: 'hi'}),
-      );
-    }
-    const container = document.createElement('div');
-    const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(container);
-    await act(() => {
-      root.render(<Component />);
-    });
-
-    expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div>hi</div>');
+    await expect(() => {
+      React.Children.forEach([lazyElement], () => {}, null);
+    }).toThrowError(
+      'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
+        'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
+      {withoutStack: true}, // There's nothing on the stack
+    );
   });
 
-  it('should render cached Promises after suspending', async () => {
+  it('should throw on Promises', async () => {
     const promise = Promise.resolve(<div />);
-    function Component() {
-      return React.Children.map([promise], c =>
-        React.cloneElement(c, {children: 'hi'}),
-      );
-    }
-    const container = document.createElement('div');
-    const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(container);
-    await act(() => {
-      root.render(<Component />);
-    });
-
-    expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div>hi</div>');
+    await expect(() => {
+      React.Children.forEach([promise], () => {}, null);
+    }).toThrowError(
+      'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
+        'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
+      {withoutStack: true}, // There's nothing on the stack
+    );
   });
 
   it('should throw on regex', () => {