diff --git a/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/expr.rs b/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/expr.rs
index ff70618ca12..718409e1599 100644
--- a/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/expr.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/expr.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use rustc_hash::FxHashSet;
 use rustc_pattern_analysis::usefulness::{compute_match_usefulness, ValidityConstraint};
+use syntax::{ast, AstNode};
 use tracing::debug;
 use triomphe::Arc;
 use typed_arena::Arena;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ fn validate_body(&mut self, db: &dyn HirDatabase) {
                     self.check_for_trailing_return(*body_expr, &body);
                 }
                 Expr::If { .. } => {
-                    self.check_for_unnecessary_else(id, expr, &body);
+                    self.check_for_unnecessary_else(id, expr, db);
                 }
                 Expr::Block { .. } => {
                     self.validate_block(db, expr);
@@ -336,32 +337,35 @@ fn check_for_trailing_return(&mut self, body_expr: ExprId, body: &Body) {
         }
     }
 
-    fn check_for_unnecessary_else(&mut self, id: ExprId, expr: &Expr, body: &Body) {
+    fn check_for_unnecessary_else(&mut self, id: ExprId, expr: &Expr, db: &dyn HirDatabase) {
         if let Expr::If { condition: _, then_branch, else_branch } = expr {
-            if let Some(else_branch) = else_branch {
-                // If else branch has a tail, it is an "expression" that produces a value,
-                // e.g. `let a = if { ... } else { ... };` and this `else` is not unnecessary
-                let mut branch = *else_branch;
-                loop {
-                    match body.exprs[branch] {
-                        Expr::Block { tail: Some(_), .. } => return,
-                        Expr::If { then_branch, else_branch, .. } => {
-                            if let Expr::Block { tail: Some(_), .. } = body.exprs[then_branch] {
-                                return;
-                            }
-                            if let Some(else_branch) = else_branch {
-                                // Continue checking for branches like `if { ... } else if { ... } else...`
-                                branch = else_branch;
-                                continue;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        _ => break,
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-            } else {
+            if else_branch.is_none() {
                 return;
             }
+            let (body, source_map) = db.body_with_source_map(self.owner);
+            let Ok(source_ptr) = source_map.expr_syntax(id) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            let root = source_ptr.file_syntax(db.upcast());
+            let ast::Expr::IfExpr(if_expr) = source_ptr.value.to_node(&root) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            let mut top_if_expr = if_expr;
+            loop {
+                let parent = top_if_expr.syntax().parent();
+                let has_parent_let_stmt =
+                    parent.as_ref().map_or(false, |node| ast::LetStmt::can_cast(node.kind()));
+                if has_parent_let_stmt {
+                    // Bail if parent or direct ancestor is a let stmt.
+                    return;
+                }
+                let Some(parent_if_expr) = parent.and_then(ast::IfExpr::cast) else {
+                    // Parent is neither an if expr nor a let stmt.
+                    break;
+                };
+                // Check parent if expr.
+                top_if_expr = parent_if_expr;
+            }
             if let Expr::Block { statements, tail, .. } = &body.exprs[*then_branch] {
                 let last_then_expr = tail.or_else(|| match statements.last()? {
                     Statement::Expr { expr, .. } => Some(*expr),
diff --git a/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/remove_unnecessary_else.rs b/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/remove_unnecessary_else.rs
index bbc10e96cef..351f728747e 100644
--- a/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/remove_unnecessary_else.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/remove_unnecessary_else.rs
@@ -400,15 +400,7 @@ fn test1(a: bool) {
     };
 }
 
-fn test2(a: bool) -> i32 {
-    if a {
-        return 1;
-    } else {
-        0
-    }
-}
-
-fn test3(a: bool, b: bool, c: bool) {
+fn test2(a: bool, b: bool, c: bool) {
     let _x = if a {
         return;
     } else if b {