diff --git a/ILSpy.Tests/Analyzers/AnalyzerScopeTests.cs b/ILSpy.Tests/Analyzers/AnalyzerScopeTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54ccbebd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ILSpy.Tests/Analyzers/AnalyzerScopeTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Yuriy Zatuchnyy
+// 
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
+// software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
+// without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+// publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
+// to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+// 
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
+// substantial portions of the Software.
+// 
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+// INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+// PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
+// FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp.Resolver;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Metadata;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem;
+using ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Analyzers;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Tests.Analyzers
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class AnalyzerScopeTests
+	{
+		public class TestClass
+		{
+
+		}
+
+
+		[Test]
+		public void WhenPublicNestedClass_ThenNotInfiniteLoop()
+		{
+			// Given
+			ILSpyX.AssemblyList assemblyList = new ILSpyX.AssemblyList();
+			var file = new PEFile(this.GetType().Assembly.Location);
+			var td = file.Metadata.TypeDefinitions.First(td => td.GetFullTypeName(file.Metadata).Name == nameof(TestClass));
+
+			Decompiler.Metadata.IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver = new UniversalAssemblyResolver(null, false, null);
+			ICompilation compilation = new DecompilerTypeSystem(file, assemblyResolver);
+			ITypeResolveContext context = new CSharpResolver(compilation);
+			var module = ((IModuleReference)file).Resolve(context) as MetadataModule;
+			IEntity entity = module.GetDefinition(td);
+
+			// When 
+			var task = Task.Run(() => {
+				var target = new AnalyzerScope(assemblyList, entity);
+			});
+
+			var result = Task.WaitAny(new[] { task, Task.Delay(500) }); // 0.5 seconds
+
+			// Then
+			Assert.That(result == 0, "The constructor should complete in less than 10 seconds");
+		}
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ILSpy.Tests/ILSpy.Tests.csproj b/ILSpy.Tests/ILSpy.Tests.csproj
index 5bb3d121fb..40a3a218e2 100644
--- a/ILSpy.Tests/ILSpy.Tests.csproj
+++ b/ILSpy.Tests/ILSpy.Tests.csproj
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Analyzers\AnalyzerScopeTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Analyzers\MemberImplementsInterfaceAnalyzerTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Analyzers\MethodUsesAnalyzerTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Analyzers\TestCases\MainAssembly.cs" />
diff --git a/ILSpy/Analyzers/AnalyzerScope.cs b/ILSpy/Analyzers/AnalyzerScope.cs
index 4560ce535e..881fc6e98f 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Analyzers/AnalyzerScope.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Analyzers/AnalyzerScope.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static void DetermineEffectiveAccessibility(IEntity input, out ITypeDefinition t
 			while (typeScope != null && !accessibility.LessThanOrEqual(Accessibility.Private))
 			{
 				accessibility = accessibility.Intersect(typeScope.Accessibility);
+				prevTypeScope = typeScope;
 				typeScope = prevTypeScope.DeclaringTypeDefinition;
 			}
 			if (typeScope == null)