diff --git a/workflow/dynamic_node.go b/workflow/dynamic_node.go
index 496b30a12..9662071f5 100644
--- a/workflow/dynamic_node.go
+++ b/workflow/dynamic_node.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"iter"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/google/jsonschema-go/jsonschema"
 
@@ -186,8 +187,16 @@ func (n *dynamicNode[IN, OUT]) composePath(parent NodeContext) string {
 // When yield returns false without ctx cancellation (no current
 // consumer triggers this, but the contract must not depend on it),
 // return context.Canceled as a stand-in.
+//
+// A single mutex serializes yield: a DynamicFn may run concurrent
+// children (see WithUseSubBranch) that all emit through this one
+// callback, and calling the same yield from multiple goroutines panics
+// the iterator and races the parent runNode's completion accumulator.
 func makeEmit(yield func(*session.Event, error) bool, parentCtx NodeContext) func(*session.Event) error {
+	var mu sync.Mutex
 	return func(ev *session.Event) error {
+		mu.Lock()
+		defer mu.Unlock()
 		if err := parentCtx.Err(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/workflow/run_node_test.go b/workflow/run_node_test.go
index b8a80691f..0ed8cb724 100644
--- a/workflow/run_node_test.go
+++ b/workflow/run_node_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"iter"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -633,3 +634,76 @@ func (n *countingStubNode) runCount() int {
 	defer n.mu.Unlock()
 	return n.calls
 }
+
+// TestRunNode_ConcurrentChildren_NoRace runs several children from
+// separate goroutines (the WithUseSubBranch pattern). They all emit
+// through one shared yield, so without serialization this races the
+// range-over-func loop state and panics the iterator. A start gate
+// releases the goroutines together to maximize the overlap. Each
+// goroutine recovers its panic so the failure is reported even without
+// -race; -race is the reliable signal.
+func TestRunNode_ConcurrentChildren_NoRace(t *testing.T) {
+	const n = 8
+
+	var (
+		mu     sync.Mutex
+		panics []any
+	)
+	errs := make([]error, n)
+
+	orch := NewDynamicNode[string, string](
+		"orch",
+		func(ctx NodeContext, _ string, _ func(*session.Event) error) (string, error) {
+			start := make(chan struct{})
+			var wg sync.WaitGroup
+			wg.Add(n)
+			for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+				// Distinct child + run-id per goroutine so the only shared
+				// mutable state is the parent yield path; a shared run-id
+				// would instead exercise the idempotency-cache race.
+				child := newStubNode("child", "out")
+				go func(i int) {
+					defer wg.Done()
+					defer func() {
+						if r := recover(); r != nil {
+							mu.Lock()
+							panics = append(panics, r)
+							mu.Unlock()
+						}
+					}()
+					<-start
+					_, errs[i] = RunNode[string](ctx, child, nil,
+						WithUseSubBranch(), WithRunID("c"+strconv.Itoa(i)))
+				}(i)
+			}
+			close(start)
+			wg.Wait()
+			return "done", errors.Join(errs...)
+		},
+		NodeConfig{},
+	)
+
+	events, err := drainDynamicWithErr(t, orch, "")
+
+	mu.Lock()
+	gotPanics := append([]any(nil), panics...)
+	mu.Unlock()
+	if len(gotPanics) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("%d recovered panic(s) from concurrent children sharing one yield; first: %v",
+			len(gotPanics), gotPanics[0])
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("orchestrator error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// n child outputs forwarded up + the parent's own terminal output.
+	outputs := 0
+	for _, ev := range events {
+		if ev.Output != nil {
+			outputs++
+		}
+	}
+	if want := n + 1; outputs != want {
+		t.Errorf("output-bearing events = %d, want %d", outputs, want)
+	}
+}