diff --git a/layout/generic/crashtests/1816574.html b/layout/generic/crashtests/1816574.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de5d440d90ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layout/generic/crashtests/1816574.html
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <style>
+      * {
+          grid-gap: 164.70272054344653vw 68%;
+      }
+  </style>
+  <script>
+    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+      const style = document.createElement("style")
+      document.documentElement.appendChild(style)
+      style.textContent = `
+        @font-face { }
+        * {
+          column-width: 161.0069566994682Q;
+          offset-anchor: left 0ex top -32ch;
+          break-inside: avoid;
+        }`
+      style.sheet.insertRule(`* {
+        aspect-ratio: 2334586695.701634 / 653082496.7273545 ! important;
+        margin-top: -84em;
+        min-inline-size: 162em;
+        font-size-adjust: 8198;
+      }`, 0)
+    })
+  </script>
+</head>
+<h4></h4>
+<svg></svg>
+<fieldset>
+  <legend>
+    <cite>
+       e\r𠪢0￼i𝅯󠇩0*=𝤵*=\n‏�' lang='ar'>
+      <h5></h5>
+    </cite>
+  </legend>
+</fieldset>
+</html>
diff --git a/layout/generic/crashtests/crashtests.list b/layout/generic/crashtests/crashtests.list
index 7a69a3adfc78..f439341f955a 100644
--- a/layout/generic/crashtests/crashtests.list
+++ b/layout/generic/crashtests/crashtests.list
@@ -817,3 +817,4 @@ load 1776079.html
 asserts(0-2) load 1791606.html
 load 1799749.html
 pref(layout.css.content-visibility.enabled,true) asserts(1-4) load 1807958.html # asserts from integer overflow & bogus sizes
+load 1816574.html
diff --git a/layout/generic/nsColumnSetFrame.cpp b/layout/generic/nsColumnSetFrame.cpp
index 922ecb117b61..4371494f6494 100644
--- a/layout/generic/nsColumnSetFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/generic/nsColumnSetFrame.cpp
@@ -635,6 +635,11 @@ nsColumnSetFrame::ColumnBalanceData nsColumnSetFrame::ReflowColumns(
             aReflowInput.mParentReflowInput->mFrame->HasAnyStateBits(
                 NS_FRAME_HAS_MULTI_COLUMN_ANCESTOR);
         if (isNestedMulticol) {
+          if (aConfig.mForceAuto) {
+            // If we are forced to fill columns sequentially, force fit the
+            // content whether we are at top of page or not.
+            return true;
+          }
           if (aReflowInput.mFlags.mIsTopOfPage) {
             // If this is the last balancing reflow in a nested multicol, we
             // want to force fit content to avoid infinite loops.
