diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/eolang/lints/misc/redundant-object.xsl b/src/main/resources/org/eolang/lints/misc/redundant-object.xsl
index 3a09f8775..5a1bf87b0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/eolang/lints/misc/redundant-object.xsl
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/eolang/lints/misc/redundant-object.xsl
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
       <xsl:variable name="top" select="/object/o/generate-id()"/>
       <xsl:for-each select="//o[generate-id() != $top and @name and @name != 'φ' and @base and @base != '∅' and not(@base='ξ' and @name='xi🌵')]">
         <xsl:variable name="usage" select="concat('^ξ(?:\.ρ)*\.', @name, '(?:\.[\w-]+)*$')"/>
-        <xsl:if test="count(//o[matches(@base, $usage)])&lt;=1 and not(@name and o[1]/@base = 'Φ.dataized')">
+        <xsl:variable name="nested-usage" select="concat('^ξ\.ρ(?:\.ρ)*\.', @name, '(?:\.[\w-]+)*$')"/>
+        <xsl:if test="count(//o[matches(@base, $usage)])&lt;=1 and not(@base='ξ' and count(//o[matches(@base, $nested-usage)])&gt;=1) and not(@name and o[1]/@base = 'Φ.dataized')">
           <xsl:element name="defect">
             <xsl:variable name="line" select="eo:lineno(@line)"/>
             <xsl:attribute name="line">
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/eolang/lints/packs/single/redundant-object/allows-self-reused-in-nested-formation.yaml b/src/test/resources/org/eolang/lints/packs/single/redundant-object/allows-self-reused-in-nested-formation.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b89741d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/eolang/lints/packs/single/redundant-object/allows-self-reused-in-nested-formation.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2016-2026 Objectionary.com
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+---
+sheets:
+  - /org/eolang/lints/misc/redundant-object.xsl
+asserts:
+  - /defects[count(defect)=0]
+input: |
+  # Foo.
+  [] > jeff
+    $ > self
+    [] > say-hello
+      stdout self > @