diff --git a/src/ir/comp.rs b/src/ir/comp.rs
index 131851fd7d..8c2be498e9 100644
--- a/src/ir/comp.rs
+++ b/src/ir/comp.rs
@@ -1290,9 +1290,10 @@ impl CompInfo {
                         return CXChildVisit_Continue;
                     }
 
+                    // Even if this is a definition, we may not be the semantic
+                    // parent, see #1281.
                     let inner = Item::parse(cur, Some(potential_id), ctx)
                         .expect("Inner ClassDecl");
-                    assert_eq!(ctx.resolve_item(inner).parent_id(), potential_id);
 
                     let inner = inner.expect_type_id(ctx);
 
diff --git a/tests/expectations/tests/issue-1281.rs b/tests/expectations/tests/issue-1281.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfc8ca40c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expectations/tests/issue-1281.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/* automatically generated by rust-bindgen */
+
+#![allow(dead_code, non_snake_case, non_camel_case_types, non_upper_case_globals)]
+
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct bar {
+    pub u: foo,
+}
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct foo {
+    pub foo: ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+}
+#[test]
+fn bindgen_test_layout_foo() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::size_of::<foo>(),
+        4usize,
+        concat!("Size of: ", stringify!(foo))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::align_of::<foo>(),
+        4usize,
+        concat!("Alignment of ", stringify!(foo))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        unsafe { &(*(::std::ptr::null::<foo>())).foo as *const _ as usize },
+        0usize,
+        concat!("Offset of field: ", stringify!(foo), "::", stringify!(foo))
+    );
+}
+#[test]
+fn bindgen_test_layout_bar() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::size_of::<bar>(),
+        4usize,
+        concat!("Size of: ", stringify!(bar))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::align_of::<bar>(),
+        4usize,
+        concat!("Alignment of ", stringify!(bar))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        unsafe { &(*(::std::ptr::null::<bar>())).u as *const _ as usize },
+        0usize,
+        concat!("Offset of field: ", stringify!(bar), "::", stringify!(u))
+    );
+}
+pub type bar_t = bar;
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct baz {
+    pub f: foo,
+}
+#[test]
+fn bindgen_test_layout_baz() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::size_of::<baz>(),
+        4usize,
+        concat!("Size of: ", stringify!(baz))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::align_of::<baz>(),
+        4usize,
+        concat!("Alignment of ", stringify!(baz))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        unsafe { &(*(::std::ptr::null::<baz>())).f as *const _ as usize },
+        0usize,
+        concat!("Offset of field: ", stringify!(baz), "::", stringify!(f))
+    );
+}
diff --git a/tests/headers/issue-1281.h b/tests/headers/issue-1281.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a3aaab0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/headers/issue-1281.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+struct foo;
+
+typedef struct bar {
+  struct foo {
+    int foo;
+  } u;
+} bar_t;
+
+struct baz {
+  struct foo f;
+};