diff --git a/src/xml_parsing.cpp b/src/xml_parsing.cpp
index 32a1e42ab..31e2f28f7 100644
--- a/src/xml_parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/xml_parsing.cpp
@@ -541,6 +541,29 @@ void VerifyXML(const std::string& xml_text,
           ThrowError(line_number,
                      std::string("The node <") + name + "> must have 1 or more children");
         }
+        if(name == "ReactiveSequence")
+        {
+          size_t async_count = 0;
+          for(auto child = node->FirstChildElement(); child != nullptr;
+              child = child->NextSiblingElement())
+          {
+            const std::string child_name = node->FirstChildElement()->Name();
+            const auto child_search = registered_nodes.find(child_name);
+            const auto child_type = child_search->second;
+            if(child_type == NodeType::CONTROL &&
+               ((child_name == "ThreadedAction") ||
+                (child_name == "StatefulActionNode") ||
+                (child_name == "CoroActionNode") || (child_name == "AsyncSequence")))
+            {
+              ++async_count;
+              if(async_count > 1)
+              {
+                ThrowError(line_number, std::string("A ReactiveSequence cannot have more "
+                                                    "than one async child."));
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     //recursion
diff --git a/tests/gtest_reactive.cpp b/tests/gtest_reactive.cpp
index b393c03e8..47e4435ae 100644
--- a/tests/gtest_reactive.cpp
+++ b/tests/gtest_reactive.cpp
@@ -156,3 +156,31 @@ TEST(Reactive, TestLogging)
   ASSERT_EQ(observer.getStatistics("testA").success_count, num_ticks);
   ASSERT_EQ(observer.getStatistics("success").success_count, num_ticks);
 }
+
+TEST(Reactive, TwoAsyncNodesInReactiveSequence)
+{
+  static const char* reactive_xml_text = R"(
+<root BTCPP_format="4" >
+  <BehaviorTree ID="MainTree">
+    <ReactiveSequence>
+      <AsyncSequence name="first">
+        <TestA/>
+        <TestB/>
+        <TestC/>
+      </AsyncSequence>
+      <AsyncSequence name="second">
+        <TestD/>
+        <TestE/>
+        <TestF/>
+      </AsyncSequence>
+    </ReactiveSequence>
+  </BehaviorTree>
+</root>
+)";
+
+  BT::BehaviorTreeFactory factory;
+  std::array<int, 6> counters;
+  RegisterTestTick(factory, "Test", counters);
+
+  EXPECT_ANY_THROW(auto tree = factory.createTreeFromText(reactive_xml_text));
+}