diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts
index 97131ba96..9b90c008b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts
@@ -5377,14 +5377,25 @@ export class Lowerer {
     /** `const { a, b } = table` over an index-signature record: a name that
      * is not a declared field reads the index signature and can be
      * missing. */
-    const scanRecordPattern = (name: ts.ObjectBindingPattern, init: ts.Expression): boolean => {
-      const sourceType = this.mapTypeOf(this.typeOf(init));
+    const scanRecordPattern = (
+      name: ts.ObjectBindingPattern,
+      init: ts.Expression,
+      sourceType: IrType | null = this.mapTypeOf(this.typeOf(init)),
+    ): boolean => {
       if (sourceType?.kind !== "record") return false;
       const shape = this.shapes.get(sourceType.shapeId);
-      const indexValue = shape?.indexValue;
-      if (!shape || shape.tuple || !indexValue || indexValue.kind === "dyn") return false;
+      if (!shape || shape.tuple) return false;
+      const indexValue = shape.indexValue;
       let changed = false;
       for (const el of name.elements.nodes) {
+        // A nested pattern reads its element the same way
+        // (`const { limits: { [key]: limit } } = config`).
+        if (!el.dotDotDotToken && el.name !== undefined && ts.isObjectBindingPattern(el.name)) {
+          if (scanRecordPattern(el.name, init, this.mapTypeOf(this.typeOf(el.name))))
+            changed = true;
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (!indexValue || indexValue.kind === "dyn") continue;
         if (el.dotDotDotToken || el.initializer || !ts.isIdentifier(el.name)) continue;
         const key = el.propertyName ?? el.name;
         // A computed key that folds to one name reads like that name; a
diff --git a/tests/corpus/6492-runtime-key-destructuring.ts b/tests/corpus/6492-runtime-key-destructuring.ts
index aa338c177..ec346550e 100644
--- a/tests/corpus/6492-runtime-key-destructuring.ts
+++ b/tests/corpus/6492-runtime-key-destructuring.ts
@@ -51,3 +51,14 @@ for (const resource of ["cpu", "memory", "disk"]) {
 const missingKey = process.argv.length > 99 ? "a" : "missing";
 const { [missingKey]: missingWeight } = weights;
 console.log(missingWeight, missingWeight === undefined);
+
+// The same in a nested module-scope pattern, with and without a default
+// for the nested source.
+const nestedConfig = { limits: { cpu: 2 } as Record<string, number> };
+const {
+  limits: { [missingKey]: nestedLimit },
+} = nestedConfig;
+const {
+  limits: { [missingKey]: defaultedLimit } = {},
+} = nestedConfig;
+console.log(nestedLimit, defaultedLimit === undefined);