diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index 55be0b6f366..9722484a422 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ function lazyMessageChannel() {
 
 const clearTimeoutRegistry = new SafeFinalizationRegistry(clearTimeout);
 const dependantSignalsCleanupRegistry = new SafeFinalizationRegistry(
-  ({ sourceSignalRef, dependantSignalRef, sourceSignalsCleanupToken }) => {
-    sourceSignalsCleanupRegistry.unregister(sourceSignalsCleanupToken);
+  ({ sourceSignalRef, dependantSignalRef }) => {
+    sourceSignalsCleanupRegistry.unregister(dependantSignalRef);
 
     const sourceSignal = sourceSignalRef.deref();
     if (sourceSignal === undefined) {
@@ -180,12 +180,14 @@ function followCompositeSignal(signal) {
     dependantSignalsCleanupRegistry.register(signal, {
       sourceSignalRef: sourceSignalWeakRef,
       dependantSignalRef: resultSignalWeakRef,
-      sourceSignalsCleanupToken: sourceSignalWeakRef,
     });
+    // Nested composites share their sources' WeakRefs, so use this signal's
+    // own WeakRef as the unregister token. Otherwise collecting an inner
+    // composite would also unregister the outer composite from its sources.
     sourceSignalsCleanupRegistry.register(sourceSignal, {
       sourceSignalRef: sourceSignalWeakRef,
       composedSignalRef: resultSignalWeakRef,
-    }, sourceSignalWeakRef);
+    }, resultSignalWeakRef);
   }
 
   signal[kFollowing] = true;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs b/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs
index d4c81a7165d..03e0146722e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs
@@ -246,6 +246,31 @@ it('drops settled dependent signals when signal is composite', (t, done) => {
   }));
 });
 
+it('drops an observed composite of a composite once its sources are collected', async (t) => {
+  let controllers = [new AbortController(), new AbortController()];
+
+  // Only the outer composite is observed, so the inner one is unreachable and
+  // is collected while the sources are still alive.
+  const outerRef = (() => {
+    const outer = AbortSignal.any([
+      controllers[0].signal,
+      AbortSignal.any([controllers[1].signal]),
+    ]);
+    outer.addEventListener('abort', () => {});
+    return new WeakRef(outer);
+  })();
+
+  const kDependantSignals = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(controllers[1].signal).find(
+    (s) => s.toString() === 'Symbol(kDependantSignals)'
+  );
+  t.assert.strictEqual(controllers[1].signal[kDependantSignals].size, 2);
+
+  await gcUntil('inner composite is collected', () => controllers[1].signal[kDependantSignals].size === 1);
+
+  controllers = null;
+  await gcUntil('outer composite is collected', () => outerRef.deref() === undefined);
+});
+
 it('drops settled signals even when there are listeners', (t, done) => {
   runWithOrphanListeners(limit, async (signalRefs) => {
     await gcUntil('all signals are GCed', () => {