diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist.el
index 3507a395436..d7069174c1b 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist.el
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ symbol, and each cdr is the same symbol without the `.'."
         ;; with other results in the clause below.
         (list (cons data (intern (replace-match "" nil nil name)))))))
    ((not (consp data)) nil)
+   ((eq (car data) 'let-alist)
+    ;; For nested ‘let-alist’ forms, ignore symbols appearing in the
+    ;; inner body because they don’t refer to the alist currently
+    ;; being processed.  See Bug#24641.
+    (let-alist--deep-dot-search (cadr data)))
    (t (append (let-alist--deep-dot-search (car data))
               (let-alist--deep-dot-search (cdr data))))))
 
diff --git a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist-tests.el b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist-tests.el
index 80d418cabbe..657a27a67dc 100644
--- a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/let-alist-tests.el
@@ -88,4 +88,12 @@
                  '(cdr (assq 'baz (cdr (assq 'bar (cdr (assq 'foo var))))))))
   (should (equal (let-alist--access-sexp '..foo.bar.baz 'var) '.foo.bar.baz)))
 
+(ert-deftest let-alist--deep-dot-search--nested ()
+  "Check that nested `let-alist' forms don't generate spurious bindings.
+See Bug#24641."
+  (should (equal (let-alist--deep-dot-search '(foo .bar (baz .qux)))
+                 '((.bar . bar) (.qux . qux))))
+  (should (equal (let-alist--deep-dot-search '(foo .bar (let-alist .qux .baz)))
+                 '((.bar . bar) (.qux . qux)))))  ; no .baz
+
 ;;; let-alist.el ends here