diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 1554f9c..0ef7d71 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package html
 
+import "reflect"
+
 // Translator provides Text() lookups for a rendering context.
 // Usage example: ctx := NewContextWithService(myTranslator)
 //
@@ -92,13 +94,22 @@ func cloneContext(ctx *Context) *Context {
 	}
 
 	clone := *ctx
+	// Preserve the shared Data/Metadata alias when callers pointed both fields
+	// at the same map.
+	if sameMetadataMap(ctx.Data, ctx.Metadata) {
+		shared := cloneMetadataMap(ctx.Data)
+		clone.Data = shared
+		clone.Metadata = shared
+		return &clone
+	}
+
 	clone.Data = cloneMetadataMap(ctx.Data)
 	clone.Metadata = cloneMetadataMap(ctx.Metadata)
 	return &clone
 }
 
 func cloneMetadataMap(src map[string]any) map[string]any {
-	if len(src) == 0 {
+	if src == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -108,3 +119,11 @@ func cloneMetadataMap(src map[string]any) map[string]any {
 	}
 	return dst
 }
+
+func sameMetadataMap(a, b map[string]any) bool {
+	if a == nil || b == nil {
+		return a == nil && b == nil
+	}
+
+	return reflect.ValueOf(a).Pointer() == reflect.ValueOf(b).Pointer()
+}
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index bd02baf..69e93bb 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -134,3 +134,25 @@ func TestContext_SetLocale_NilContext_Ugly(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("SetLocale on nil context should return nil")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCloneContext_PreservesMetadataAlias_Good(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := NewContext()
+	ctx.Data["count"] = 3
+
+	clone := cloneContext(ctx)
+	if clone == nil {
+		t.Fatal("cloneContext returned nil")
+	}
+	if clone.Data == nil || clone.Metadata == nil {
+		t.Fatal("cloneContext should preserve non-nil metadata maps")
+	}
+
+	dataPtr := reflect.ValueOf(clone.Data).Pointer()
+	metadataPtr := reflect.ValueOf(clone.Metadata).Pointer()
+	if dataPtr != metadataPtr {
+		t.Fatalf("cloneContext should keep Data and Metadata aliased, got %x and %x", dataPtr, metadataPtr)
+	}
+	if clone.Data["count"] != 3 || clone.Metadata["count"] != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("cloneContext should copy map contents, got Data=%v Metadata=%v", clone.Data, clone.Metadata)
+	}
+}