diff --git a/django/core/cache/__init__.py b/django/core/cache/__init__.py
index a6b956fdf2..735b83e94f 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/__init__.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ object.
 
 See docs/topics/cache.txt for information on the public API.
 """
-from threading import local
+from asgiref.local import Local
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import signals
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CacheHandler:
     Ensure only one instance of each alias exists per thread.
     """
     def __init__(self):
-        self._caches = local()
+        self._caches = Local()
 
     def __getitem__(self, alias):
         try:
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.0.4.txt b/docs/releases/3.0.4.txt
index 57675fa9a8..dac9853947 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.0.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/3.0.4.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ Django 3.0.4 fixes several bugs in 3.0.3.
 Bugfixes
 ========
 
-* ...
+* Fixed a data loss possibility when using caching from async code
+  (:ticket:`31253`).
diff --git a/tests/async/tests.py b/tests/async/tests.py
index f42e549075..86ed504c57 100644
--- a/tests/async/tests.py
+++ b/tests/async/tests.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from unittest import mock, skipIf
 
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
 
+from django.core.cache import DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS, caches
 from django.core.exceptions import SynchronousOnlyOperation
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 from django.utils.asyncio import async_unsafe
@@ -11,6 +12,18 @@ from django.utils.asyncio import async_unsafe
 from .models import SimpleModel
 
 
+@skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32' and (3, 8, 0) < sys.version_info < (3, 8, 1), 'https://bugs.python.org/issue38563')
+class CacheTest(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_caches_local(self):
+        @async_to_sync
+        async def async_cache():
+            return caches[DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS]
+
+        cache_1 = async_cache()
+        cache_2 = async_cache()
+        self.assertIs(cache_1, cache_2)
+
+
 @skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32' and (3, 8, 0) < sys.version_info < (3, 8, 1), 'https://bugs.python.org/issue38563')
 class DatabaseConnectionTest(SimpleTestCase):
     """A database connection cannot be used in an async context."""