diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c8d607648034..8e22b81cf3fa1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fault Tolerant relies on `signal.SIGTERM` to gracefully exit instead of `signal.SIGUSR1` ([#10605](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10605))
 
 
+- `Loop.restarting=...` now sets the value recursively for all subloops ([#11442](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/11442))
+
+
 - Raised an error if the `batch_size` cannot be inferred from the current batch if it contained a string or was a custom batch object ([#10541](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10541))
 
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/loops/base.py b/pytorch_lightning/loops/base.py
index 49f2ee0077575..7876e4d44eb26 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/loops/base.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/loops/base.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Loop(ABC, Generic[T]):
     """
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
-        self.restarting = False
+        self._restarting = False
         self._trainer: Optional["pl.Trainer"] = None
 
     @property
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ def trainer(self, trainer: "pl.Trainer") -> None:
             if isinstance(v, Loop):
                 v.trainer = trainer
 
+    @property
+    def restarting(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether the state of this loop was reloaded and it needs to restart."""
+        return self._restarting
+
+    @restarting.setter
+    def restarting(self, restarting: bool) -> None:
+        """Connects this loop's restarting value and its children."""
+        self._restarting = restarting
+        for loop in vars(self).values():
+            if isinstance(loop, Loop):
+                loop.restarting = restarting
+
     @property
     @abstractmethod
     def done(self) -> bool:
@@ -190,7 +203,7 @@ def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 self.on_advance_start(*args, **kwargs)
                 self.advance(*args, **kwargs)
                 self.on_advance_end()
-                self.restarting = False
+                self._restarting = False
             except StopIteration:
                 break
 
@@ -301,6 +314,7 @@ def load_state_dict(
         for k, v in self.__dict__.items():
             if isinstance(v, Loop):
                 v.load_state_dict(state_dict.copy(), prefix + k + ".")
+        self.restarting = True
 
     def _load_from_state_dict(self, state_dict: Dict, prefix: str, metrics: Optional[Dict[str, Metric]] = None) -> None:
         for k, v in self.__dict__.items():
@@ -336,4 +350,3 @@ def _load_from_state_dict(self, state_dict: Dict, prefix: str, metrics: Optional
 
         if prefix + "state_dict" in state_dict:  # compatibility with old checkpoints
             self.on_load_checkpoint(state_dict[prefix + "state_dict"])
-        self.restarting = True
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/loops/epoch/training_epoch_loop.py b/pytorch_lightning/loops/epoch/training_epoch_loop.py
index 69432ee07dd0b..46f2d3752c829 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/loops/epoch/training_epoch_loop.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/loops/epoch/training_epoch_loop.py
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ def advance(self, data_fetcher: AbstractDataFetcher) -> None:  # type: ignore[ov
         if self.restarting and self._should_check_val_fx(self.batch_idx, self.batch_progress.is_last_batch):
             # skip training and run validation in `on_advance_end`
             return
+        # we are going to train first so the val loop does not need to restart
+        self.val_loop.restarting = False
 
         assert self._dataloader_iter is not None
         batch_idx, (batch, self.batch_progress.is_last_batch) = next(self._dataloader_iter)
diff --git a/tests/loops/test_loops.py b/tests/loops/test_loops.py
index 89b4f4fb30edf..b6f0c05d3fd72 100644
--- a/tests/loops/test_loops.py
+++ b/tests/loops/test_loops.py
@@ -86,6 +86,23 @@ def test_connect_loops_recursive():
     assert child1.trainer is trainer
 
 
+def test_restarting_loops_recursive():
+    class MyLoop(NestedLoop):
+        def __init__(self, loop=None):
+            super().__init__()
+            self.child = loop
+
+    loop = MyLoop(MyLoop(MyLoop()))
+
+    assert not loop.restarting
+    assert not loop.child.restarting
+    assert not loop.child.child.restarting
+    loop.restarting = True
+    assert loop.restarting
+    assert loop.child.restarting
+    assert loop.child.child.restarting
+
+
 def test_connect_subloops(tmpdir):
     """Test connecting individual subloops by calling `trainer.x.y.connect()`"""
     model = BoringModel()