diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.cpp
index 67a9a4675f115..49d8b46beb0eb 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.cpp
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ namespace lower {
 namespace omp {
 bool DataSharingProcessor::OMPConstructSymbolVisitor::isSymbolDefineBy(
     const semantics::Symbol *symbol, lower::pft::Evaluation &eval) const {
-  return eval.visit(
-      common::visitors{[&](const parser::OpenMPConstruct &functionParserNode) {
-                         return symDefMap.count(symbol) &&
-                                symDefMap.at(symbol) == &functionParserNode;
-                       },
-                       [](const auto &functionParserNode) { return false; }});
+  return eval.visit(common::visitors{
+      [&](const parser::OpenMPConstruct &functionParserNode) {
+        return symDefMap.count(symbol) &&
+               symDefMap.at(symbol) == ConstructPtr(&functionParserNode);
+      },
+      [](const auto &functionParserNode) { return false; }});
 }
 
 static bool isConstructWithTopLevelTarget(lower::pft::Evaluation &eval) {
@@ -553,8 +553,16 @@ void DataSharingProcessor::collectSymbols(
       return sym->test(semantics::Symbol::Flag::OmpImplicit);
     }
 
-    if (collectPreDetermined)
-      return sym->test(semantics::Symbol::Flag::OmpPreDetermined);
+    if (collectPreDetermined) {
+      // Collect pre-determined symbols only if they are defined by the current
+      // OpenMP evaluation. If `sym` is not defined by the current OpenMP
+      // evaluation then it is defined by a block nested within the OpenMP
+      // construct. This, in turn, means that the private allocation for the
+      // symbol will be emitted as part of the nested block and there is no need
+      // to privatize it within the OpenMP construct.
+      return visitor.isSymbolDefineBy(sym, eval) &&
+             sym->test(semantics::Symbol::Flag::OmpPreDetermined);
+    }
 
     return !sym->test(semantics::Symbol::Flag::OmpImplicit) &&
            !sym->test(semantics::Symbol::Flag::OmpPreDetermined);
diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.h b/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.h
index 96e7fa6d5d93c..335699577ea84 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.h
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/OpenMP/DataSharingProcessor.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "flang/Parser/parse-tree.h"
 #include "flang/Semantics/symbol.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPDialect.h"
+#include <variant>
 
 namespace mlir {
 namespace omp {
@@ -58,13 +59,18 @@ class DataSharingProcessor {
     }
 
     void Post(const parser::Name &name) {
-      auto *current = !constructs.empty() ? constructs.back() : nullptr;
+      auto current = !constructs.empty() ? constructs.back() : ConstructPtr();
       symDefMap.try_emplace(name.symbol, current);
     }
 
-    llvm::SmallVector<const parser::OpenMPConstruct *> constructs;
-    llvm::DenseMap<semantics::Symbol *, const parser::OpenMPConstruct *>
-        symDefMap;
+    bool Pre(const parser::DeclarationConstruct &decl) {
+      constructs.push_back(&decl);
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    void Post(const parser::DeclarationConstruct &decl) {
+      constructs.pop_back();
+    }
 
     /// Given a \p symbol and an \p eval, returns true if eval is the OMP
     /// construct that defines symbol.
@@ -72,6 +78,11 @@ class DataSharingProcessor {
                           lower::pft::Evaluation &eval) const;
 
   private:
+    using ConstructPtr = std::variant<const parser::OpenMPConstruct *,
+                                      const parser::DeclarationConstruct *>;
+    llvm::SmallVector<ConstructPtr> constructs;
+    llvm::DenseMap<semantics::Symbol *, ConstructPtr> symDefMap;
+
     unsigned version;
   };
 
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/OpenMP/block_predetermined_privatization.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/OpenMP/block_predetermined_privatization.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..12346c14ef5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/OpenMP/block_predetermined_privatization.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+! Fixes a bug when a block variable is marked as pre-determined private. In such
+! case, we can simply ignore privatizing that symbol within the context of the
+! currrent OpenMP construct since the "private" allocation for the symbol will
+! be emitted within the nested block anyway.
+
+! RUN: %flang_fc1 -emit-hlfir -fopenmp %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+subroutine block_predetermined_privatization
+  implicit none
+  integer :: i
+
+  !$omp parallel
+  do i=1,10
+    block
+      integer :: j
+      do j=1,10
+      end do
+    end block
+  end do
+  !$omp end parallel
+end subroutine
+
+! CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPblock_predetermined_privatization() {
+! CHECK:         %[[I_DECL:.*]]:2 = hlfir.declare %{{.*}} {uniq_name = "{{.*}}Ei"}
+! CHECK:         omp.parallel private(@{{.*}}Ei_private_i32 %[[I_DECL]]#0 -> %{{.*}} : !fir.ref<i32>) {
+! CHECK:           fir.do_loop {{.*}} {
+! Verify that `j` is allocated whithin the same scope of its block (i.e. inside
+! the `parallel` loop).
+! CHECK:             fir.alloca i32 {bindc_name = "j", {{.*}}}
+! CHECK:           }
+! CHECK:         }
+! CHECK:       }