1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/imenu.el b/lisp/imenu.el
index bc9e8669369..b62b650e5e6 100644
--- a/lisp/imenu.el
+++ b/lisp/imenu.el
@@ -493,11 +493,17 @@ This function is called after the function pointed out by
             tail (cdr elt)
             alist (cdr alist) 
             head (car elt)) 
-      (if (string= str head)
-          (setq alist nil res elt)
-        (if (and (listp tail)
-                 (setq res (imenu--in-alist str tail)))
-            (setq alist nil))))
+      ;; A nested ALIST element looks like
+      ;;   (INDEX-NAME (INDEX-NAME . INDEX-POSITION) ...)
+      ;; while a bottom-level element looks like
+      ;;   (INDEX-NAME . INDEX-POSITION)
+      ;; We are only interested in the bottom-level elements, so we need to
+      ;; recurse if TAIL is a list.
+      (cond ((listp tail)
+             (if (setq res (imenu--in-alist str tail))
+                 (setq alist nil)))
+            ((string= str head)
+             (setq alist nil res elt))))
     res))
 
 (defun imenu-default-create-index-function ()