diff --git a/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.cpp b/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.cpp
index 00e02ca5d5d..f31a2f6c20d 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.cpp
@@ -954,9 +954,9 @@ void GeometryManager::device_update(Device *device,
         scene->update_stats->geometry.times.add_entry({"device_update (build object BVHs)", time});
       }
     });
-    TaskPool pool;
 
     /* Work around Embree/oneAPI bug #129596 with BVH updates. */
+    /* Also note the use of #bvh_task_pool_, see its definition for details. */
     const bool use_multithreaded_build = first_bvh_build ||
                                          !device->info.contains_device_type(DEVICE_ONEAPI);
     first_bvh_build = false;
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ void GeometryManager::device_update(Device *device,
         }
 
         if (use_multithreaded_build) {
-          pool.push([geom, device, dscene, scene, &progress, i, &num_bvh] {
+          bvh_task_pool_.push([geom, device, dscene, scene, &progress, i, &num_bvh] {
             geom->compute_bvh(device, dscene, &scene->params, &progress, i, num_bvh);
           });
         }
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ void GeometryManager::device_update(Device *device,
     }
 
     TaskPool::Summary summary;
-    pool.wait_work(&summary);
+    bvh_task_pool_.wait_work(&summary);
     LOG_DEBUG << "Objects BVH build pool statistics:\n" << summary.full_report();
   }
 
diff --git a/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.h b/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.h
index 8153e184a64..0d6181d4616 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/scene/geometry.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "util/boundbox.h"
 #include "util/set.h"
+#include "util/task.h"
 #include "util/transform.h"
 #include "util/types.h"
 #include "util/vector.h"
@@ -200,6 +201,11 @@ class Geometry : public Node {
 class GeometryManager {
   uint32_t update_flags;
 
+  /* Persistent task pool for BVH building, because the Embree scene creates its own
+   * task group that has a parent pointer to this one. And if we create a task pool
+   * on the stack, that becomes a dangling pointer. See #143662 for details. */
+  TaskPool bvh_task_pool_;
+
  public:
   enum : uint32_t {
     UV_PASS_NEEDED = (1 << 0),