diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e49cfa3..58c7f303 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ tags:
 {% endcomponent %}
 ```
 
-You can also use `{% for %}`, `{% with %}`, or other tags (even `{% include %}`)
+You can also use `{% for %}`, `{% with %}`, or other non-component tags (even `{% include %}`)
 to construct the `{% fill %}` tags, **as long as these other tags do not leave any text behind!**
 
 ```django
diff --git a/src/django_components/component.py b/src/django_components/component.py
index 5741b756..864b05ba 100644
--- a/src/django_components/component.py
+++ b/src/django_components/component.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ from django_components.slots import (
     SlotName,
     SlotRef,
     SlotResult,
+    _is_extracting_fill,
     _nodelist_to_slot_render_func,
     resolve_fills,
 )
@@ -894,6 +895,11 @@ class ComponentNode(BaseNode):
     def render(self, context: Context) -> str:
         trace_msg("RENDR", "COMP", self.name, self.node_id)
 
+        # Do not render nested `{% component %}` tags in other `{% component %}` tags
+        # at the stage when we are determining if the latter has named fills or not.
+        if _is_extracting_fill(context):
+            return ""
+
         component_cls: Type[Component] = self.registry.get(self.name)
 
         # Resolve FilterExpressions and Variables that were passed as args to the
diff --git a/src/django_components/slots.py b/src/django_components/slots.py
index 09a1c5f5..e21f6d40 100644
--- a/src/django_components/slots.py
+++ b/src/django_components/slots.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class FillNode(BaseNode):
         self.trace_id = trace_id
 
     def render(self, context: Context) -> str:
-        if self._is_extracting_fill(context):
+        if _is_extracting_fill(context):
             self._extract_fill(context)
             return ""
 
@@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ class FillNode(BaseNode):
 
         return value
 
-    def _is_extracting_fill(self, context: Context) -> bool:
-        return context.get(FILL_GEN_CONTEXT_KEY, None) is not None
-
     def _extract_fill(self, context: Context) -> None:
         # `FILL_GEN_CONTEXT_KEY` is only ever set when we are rendering content between the
         # `{% component %}...{% endcomponent %}` tags. This is done in order to collect all fill tags.
@@ -775,3 +772,7 @@ def _nodelist_to_slot_render_func(
         return rendered
 
     return Slot(content_func=cast(SlotFunc, render_func))
+
+
+def _is_extracting_fill(context: Context) -> bool:
+    return context.get(FILL_GEN_CONTEXT_KEY, None) is not None
diff --git a/src/docs/concepts/fundamentals/slots.md b/src/docs/concepts/fundamentals/slots.md
index 557dd668..05b6e12b 100644
--- a/src/docs/concepts/fundamentals/slots.md
+++ b/src/docs/concepts/fundamentals/slots.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ tags:
 {% endcomponent %}
 ```
 
-You can also use `{% for %}`, `{% with %}`, or other tags (even `{% include %}`)
+You can also use `{% for %}`, `{% with %}`, or other non-component tags (even `{% include %}`)
 to construct the `{% fill %}` tags, **as long as these other tags do not leave any text behind!**
 
 ```django
diff --git a/tests/test_templatetags_provide.py b/tests/test_templatetags_provide.py
index 34a25ac0..6e95765c 100644
--- a/tests/test_templatetags_provide.py
+++ b/tests/test_templatetags_provide.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Any
+
 from django.template import Context, Template, TemplateSyntaxError
 
 from django_components import Component, register, types
@@ -737,3 +739,68 @@ class InjectTest(BaseTestCase):
         comp = InjectComponent("")
         with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
             comp.inject("abc", "def")
+
+    @parametrize_context_behavior(["django", "isolated"])
+    def test_inject_in_fill(self):
+        @register("injectee")
+        class Injectee(Component):
+            template: types.django_html = """
+                {% load component_tags %}
+                <div> injected: {{ data|safe }} </div>
+                <main>
+                    {% slot "content" default / %}
+                </main>
+            """
+
+            def get_context_data(self):
+                data = self.inject("my_provide")
+                return {"data": data}
+
+        @register("provider")
+        class Provider(Component):
+            def get_context_data(self, data: Any) -> Any:
+                return {"data": data}
+
+            template: types.django_html = """
+                {% load component_tags %}
+                {% provide "my_provide" key="hi" data=data %}
+                    {% slot "content" default / %}
+                {% endprovide %}
+            """
+
+        @register("parent")
+        class Parent(Component):
+            def get_context_data(self, data: Any) -> Any:
+                return {"data": data}
+
+            template: types.django_html = """
+                {% load component_tags %}
+                {% component "provider" data=data %}
+                    {% component "injectee" %}
+                        {% slot "content" default / %}
+                    {% endcomponent %}
+                {% endcomponent %}
+            """
+
+        @register("root")
+        class Root(Component):
+            template: types.django_html = """
+                {% load component_tags %}
+                {% component "parent" data=123 %}
+                    {% fill "content" %}
+                        456
+                    {% endfill %}
+                {% endcomponent %}
+            """
+
+        rendered = Root.render()
+
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            rendered,
+            """
+            <div>
+                injected: DepInject(key='hi', data=123)
+            </div>
+            <main>456</main>
+            """,
+        )