diff --git a/spec/compiler/semantic/warnings_spec.cr b/spec/compiler/semantic/warnings_spec.cr
index c9b606b36a35..502351ce305b 100644
--- a/spec/compiler/semantic/warnings_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/compiler/semantic/warnings_spec.cr
@@ -267,6 +267,19 @@ describe "Semantic: warnings" do
       end
     end
 
+    it "ignores nested calls to deprecated methods" do
+      x = assert_warning <<-CRYSTAL,
+        @[Deprecated]
+        def foo; bar; end
+
+        @[Deprecated]
+        def bar; end
+
+        foo
+        CRYSTAL
+        "warning in line 7\nWarning: Deprecated top-level foo."
+    end
+
     it "errors if invalid argument type" do
       assert_error <<-CRYSTAL,
         @[Deprecated(42)]
diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/cleanup_transformer.cr b/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/cleanup_transformer.cr
index 0126c62d1166..70a8ffe63590 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/cleanup_transformer.cr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/cleanup_transformer.cr
@@ -464,7 +464,9 @@ module Crystal
         return expanded.transform self
       end
 
-      @program.check_call_to_deprecated_method(node)
+      unless @current_def.try(&.annotation(@program.deprecated_annotation))
+        @program.check_call_to_deprecated_method(node)
+      end
 
       # Need to transform these manually because node.block doesn't
       # need to be transformed if it has a fun_literal