diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/restore_state.py b/homeassistant/helpers/restore_state.py
index c75d9c840ed..97069913c80 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/restore_state.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/restore_state.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Awaitable, Dict, List, Optional, Set, cast
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, cast
 
 from homeassistant.const import EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START, EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_STOP
 from homeassistant.core import (
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers import entity_registry
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
 from homeassistant.helpers.event import async_track_time_interval
 from homeassistant.helpers.json import JSONEncoder
+from homeassistant.helpers.singleton import singleton
 from homeassistant.helpers.storage import Store
 import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
 
@@ -63,45 +64,39 @@ class RestoreStateData:
     @classmethod
     async def async_get_instance(cls, hass: HomeAssistant) -> "RestoreStateData":
         """Get the singleton instance of this data helper."""
-        task = hass.data.get(DATA_RESTORE_STATE_TASK)
 
-        if task is None:
+        @singleton(DATA_RESTORE_STATE_TASK)
+        async def load_instance(hass: HomeAssistant) -> "RestoreStateData":
+            """Get the singleton instance of this data helper."""
+            data = cls(hass)
 
-            async def load_instance(hass: HomeAssistant) -> "RestoreStateData":
-                """Set up the restore state helper."""
-                data = cls(hass)
+            try:
+                stored_states = await data.store.async_load()
+            except HomeAssistantError as exc:
+                _LOGGER.error("Error loading last states", exc_info=exc)
+                stored_states = None
 
-                try:
-                    stored_states = await data.store.async_load()
-                except HomeAssistantError as exc:
-                    _LOGGER.error("Error loading last states", exc_info=exc)
-                    stored_states = None
+            if stored_states is None:
+                _LOGGER.debug("Not creating cache - no saved states found")
+                data.last_states = {}
+            else:
+                data.last_states = {
+                    item["state"]["entity_id"]: StoredState.from_dict(item)
+                    for item in stored_states
+                    if valid_entity_id(item["state"]["entity_id"])
+                }
+                _LOGGER.debug("Created cache with %s", list(data.last_states))
 
-                if stored_states is None:
-                    _LOGGER.debug("Not creating cache - no saved states found")
-                    data.last_states = {}
-                else:
-                    data.last_states = {
-                        item["state"]["entity_id"]: StoredState.from_dict(item)
-                        for item in stored_states
-                        if valid_entity_id(item["state"]["entity_id"])
-                    }
-                    _LOGGER.debug("Created cache with %s", list(data.last_states))
+            if hass.state == CoreState.running:
+                data.async_setup_dump()
+            else:
+                hass.bus.async_listen_once(
+                    EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START, data.async_setup_dump
+                )
 
-                if hass.state == CoreState.running:
-                    data.async_setup_dump()
-                else:
-                    hass.bus.async_listen_once(
-                        EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START, data.async_setup_dump
-                    )
+            return data
 
-                return data
-
-            task = hass.data[DATA_RESTORE_STATE_TASK] = hass.async_create_task(
-                load_instance(hass)
-            )
-
-        return await cast(Awaitable["RestoreStateData"], task)
+        return cast(RestoreStateData, await load_instance(hass))
 
     def __init__(self, hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
         """Initialize the restore state data class."""
diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index 16f349de800..e2e183061a7 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -818,11 +818,7 @@ def mock_restore_cache(hass, states):
     _LOGGER.debug("Restore cache: %s", data.last_states)
     assert len(data.last_states) == len(states), f"Duplicate entity_id? {states}"
 
-    async def get_restore_state_data() -> restore_state.RestoreStateData:
-        return data
-
-    # Patch the singleton task in hass.data to return our new RestoreStateData
-    hass.data[key] = hass.async_create_task(get_restore_state_data())
+    hass.data[key] = data
 
 
 class MockEntity(entity.Entity):
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_restore_state.py b/tests/helpers/test_restore_state.py
index 7866662266d..15eed1c7e19 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_restore_state.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_restore_state.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ async def test_caching_data(hass):
     ]
 
     data = await RestoreStateData.async_get_instance(hass)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
     await data.store.async_save([state.as_dict() for state in stored_states])
 
     # Emulate a fresh load
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ async def test_caching_data(hass):
         "homeassistant.helpers.restore_state.Store.async_save"
     ) as mock_write_data:
         state = await entity.async_get_last_state()
+        await hass.async_block_till_done()
 
     assert state is not None
     assert state.entity_id == "input_boolean.b1"
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ async def test_hass_starting(hass):
     ]
 
     data = await RestoreStateData.async_get_instance(hass)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
     await data.store.async_save([state.as_dict() for state in stored_states])
 
     # Emulate a fresh load
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ async def test_hass_starting(hass):
         "homeassistant.helpers.restore_state.Store.async_save"
     ) as mock_write_data, patch.object(hass.states, "async_all", return_value=states):
         state = await entity.async_get_last_state()
+        await hass.async_block_till_done()
 
     assert state is not None
     assert state.entity_id == "input_boolean.b1"