diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f666a266d..bf5609541 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Semantic versioning in our case means:
 
 - Fixes false positive `WPS457` for ``while True`` loop with ``await`` expressions, #3753
 - Fixes the false positive `WPS617` by assigning a function that receives a lambda expression as a parameter.
+- Fixes false positive `WPS430` for whitelisted nested functions, #3589
 
 
 ## 1.5.0
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/noqa/noqa.py b/tests/fixtures/noqa/noqa.py
index d8fd06449..9c079d6bf 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/noqa/noqa.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/noqa/noqa.py
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ class Nested:  # noqa: WPS431
     def nested():  # noqa: WPS430
         ...
 
+    if some_condition():
+        def deep_nested():  # noqa: WPS430
+            ...
+    else:
+        async def deep_nested():  # noqa: WPS430
+            ...
+
 
 del {'a': 1}['a']  # noqa: WPS420
 delattr(object, 'some')  # noqa: WPS421
diff --git a/tests/test_checker/test_noqa.py b/tests/test_checker/test_noqa.py
index 838a859f7..162925148 100644
--- a/tests/test_checker/test_noqa.py
+++ b/tests/test_checker/test_noqa.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         'WPS427': 1,
         'WPS428': 0,  # disabled since 1.0.0
         'WPS429': 1,
-        'WPS430': 1,
+        'WPS430': 3,
         'WPS431': 2,
         'WPS432': 2,
         'WPS433': 0,  # disabled since 1.0.0
diff --git a/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_nested/test_nested_functions.py b/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_nested/test_nested_functions.py
index 0254460e9..a9435e151 100644
--- a/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_nested/test_nested_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_visitors/test_ast/test_complexity/test_nested/test_nested_functions.py
@@ -234,6 +234,34 @@ def test_whitelist_nested_functions(
     [
         nested_function_in_if,
         nested_function_in_if_else,
+    ],
+)
+def test_deep_whitelist_nested_functions_allowed(
+    assert_errors,
+    assert_error_text,
+    parse_ast_tree,
+    whitelist_name,
+    code,
+    default_options,
+    mode,
+):
+    """
+    Test for allowed whitelisted functions inside single if(/else) block.
+
+    See: https://github.com/wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide/issues/3589
+    """
+    tree = parse_ast_tree(mode(code.format(whitelist_name)))
+
+    visitor = NestedComplexityVisitor(default_options, tree=tree)
+    visitor.run()
+
+    assert_errors(visitor, [])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('whitelist_name', NESTED_FUNCTIONS_WHITELIST)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'code',
+    [
         nested_function_while_loop,
         nested_function_in_for_loop,
         nested_function_in_try,
@@ -251,7 +279,7 @@ def test_deep_whitelist_nested_functions(
     default_options,
     mode,
 ):
-    """Testing that it is possible to nest whitelisted functions."""
+    """Testing that it is restricted to nest even whitelisted functions."""
     tree = parse_ast_tree(mode(code.format(whitelist_name)))
 
     visitor = NestedComplexityVisitor(default_options, tree=tree)
diff --git a/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/nested.py b/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/nested.py
index 2fe3b3a7c..d1daf83d7 100644
--- a/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/nested.py
+++ b/wemake_python_styleguide/visitors/ast/complexity/nested.py
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ def visit_any_function(self, node: AnyFunctionDef) -> None:
         Used to find nested functions.
 
         Uses ``NESTED_FUNCTIONS_WHITELIST`` to respect some nested functions.
+        Only whitelisted functions are allowed, either directly inside
+        a function or inside a single function-level ``if`` / ``if-else``.
+        All other nesting is forbidden.
         """
         self._check_nested_function(node)
         self.generic_visit(node)
@@ -56,13 +59,26 @@ def visit_Lambda(self, node: ast.Lambda) -> None:
         self.generic_visit(node)
 
     def _check_nested_function(self, node: AnyFunctionDef) -> None:
-        is_inside_function = isinstance(get_context(node), FunctionNodes)
+        context = get_context(node)
+        if not isinstance(context, FunctionNodes):
+            return
 
-        is_direct = isinstance(get_parent(node), FunctionNodes)
-        is_bad = is_direct and node.name not in NESTED_FUNCTIONS_WHITELIST
+        parent = get_parent(node)
 
-        if is_bad or (is_inside_function and not is_direct):
-            self.add_violation(NestedFunctionViolation(node, text=node.name))
+        is_direct = isinstance(parent, FunctionNodes)
+
+        is_single_if = (
+            isinstance(parent, ast.If) and get_parent(parent) is context
+        )
+
+        if node.name in NESTED_FUNCTIONS_WHITELIST and (
+            is_direct or is_single_if
+        ):
+            return
+
+        self.add_violation(
+            NestedFunctionViolation(node, text=node.name),
+        )
 
     def _check_nested_classes(self, node: ast.ClassDef) -> None:
         parent_context = get_context(node)