diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs
index 66c6b361ae..b5ca2ff0e2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Event handling types.
 
 use crate as bevy_ecs;
+#[cfg(feature = "multi_threaded")]
 use crate::batching::BatchingStrategy;
 use crate::change_detection::MutUntyped;
 use crate::{
@@ -509,6 +510,7 @@ impl<'w, 's, E: Event> EventReader<'w, 's, E> {
     /// assert_eq!(counter.into_inner(), 4950);
     /// ```
     ///
+    #[cfg(feature = "multi_threaded")]
     pub fn par_read(&mut self) -> EventParIter<'_, E> {
         self.reader.par_read(&self.events)
     }
@@ -722,6 +724,7 @@ impl<E: Event> ManualEventReader<E> {
     }
 
     /// See [`EventReader::par_read`]
+    #[cfg(feature = "multi_threaded")]
     pub fn par_read<'a>(&'a mut self, events: &'a Events<E>) -> EventParIter<'a, E> {
         EventParIter::new(self, events)
     }
@@ -890,13 +893,16 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> ExactSizeIterator for EventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
 }
 
 /// A parallel iterator over `Event`s.
+#[cfg(feature = "multi_threaded")]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct EventParIter<'a, E: Event> {
     reader: &'a mut ManualEventReader<E>,
     slices: [&'a [EventInstance<E>]; 2],
     batching_strategy: BatchingStrategy,
+    unread: usize,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "multi_threaded")]
 impl<'a, E: Event> EventParIter<'a, E> {
     /// Creates a new parallel iterator over `events` that have not yet been seen by `reader`.
     pub fn new(reader: &'a mut ManualEventReader<E>, events: &'a Events<E>) -> Self {
@@ -918,6 +924,7 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> EventParIter<'a, E> {
             reader,
             slices: [a, b],
             batching_strategy: BatchingStrategy::default(),
+            unread: unread_count,
         }
     }
 
@@ -953,7 +960,7 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> EventParIter<'a, E> {
     /// initialized and run from the ECS scheduler, this should never panic.
     ///
     /// [`ComputeTaskPool`]: bevy_tasks::ComputeTaskPool
-    pub fn for_each_with_id<FN: Fn(&'a E, EventId<E>) + Send + Sync + Clone>(self, func: FN) {
+    pub fn for_each_with_id<FN: Fn(&'a E, EventId<E>) + Send + Sync + Clone>(mut self, func: FN) {
         #[cfg(any(target_arch = "wasm32", not(feature = "multi_threaded")))]
         {
             self.into_iter().for_each(|(e, i)| func(e, i));
@@ -983,6 +990,10 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> EventParIter<'a, E> {
                     });
                 }
             });
+
+            // Events are guaranteed to be read at this point.
+            self.reader.last_event_count += self.unread;
+            self.unread = 0;
         }
     }
 
@@ -997,6 +1008,7 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> EventParIter<'a, E> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "multi_threaded")]
 impl<'a, E: Event> IntoIterator for EventParIter<'a, E> {
     type IntoIter = EventIteratorWithId<'a, E>;
     type Item = <Self::IntoIter as Iterator>::Item;
@@ -1572,29 +1584,34 @@ mod tests {
     #[cfg(feature = "multi_threaded")]
     #[test]
     fn test_events_par_iter() {
-        use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::mpsc};
-
         use crate::prelude::*;
+        use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+        #[derive(Resource)]
+        struct Counter(AtomicUsize);
 
         let mut world = World::new();
         world.init_resource::<Events<TestEvent>>();
-        for i in 0..100 {
-            world.send_event(TestEvent { i });
+        for _ in 0..100 {
+            world.send_event(TestEvent { i: 1 });
         }
-
         let mut schedule = Schedule::default();
-
-        schedule.add_systems(|mut events: EventReader<TestEvent>| {
-            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
-            events.par_read().for_each(|event| {
-                tx.send(event.i).unwrap();
-            });
-            drop(tx);
-
-            let observed: HashSet<_> = rx.into_iter().collect();
-            assert_eq!(observed, HashSet::from_iter(0..100));
-        });
+        schedule.add_systems(
+            |mut events: EventReader<TestEvent>, counter: ResMut<Counter>| {
+                events.par_read().for_each(|event| {
+                    counter.0.fetch_add(event.i, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                });
+            },
+        );
+        world.insert_resource(Counter(AtomicUsize::new(0)));
         schedule.run(&mut world);
+        let counter = world.remove_resource::<Counter>().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(counter.0.into_inner(), 100);
+
+        world.insert_resource(Counter(AtomicUsize::new(0)));
+        schedule.run(&mut world);
+        let counter = world.remove_resource::<Counter>().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(counter.0.into_inner(), 0);
     }
 
     #[test]