diff --git a/lib/brakeman/processors/alias_processor.rb b/lib/brakeman/processors/alias_processor.rb
index 4fd5fcfcf0dc41e3b170009896fd5ea4c7f13139..589c77e9fab1262525e75f492797f245ecd9c720 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman/processors/alias_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman/processors/alias_processor.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Brakeman::AliasProcessor < SexpProcessor
     end
 
     #Generic replace
-    if replacement = env[exp]
+    if replacement = env[exp] and not sexp_includes?(replacement, exp)
       set_line replacement.deep_clone, exp.line
     else
       exp
@@ -513,4 +513,20 @@ class Brakeman::AliasProcessor < SexpProcessor
       exp
     end
   end
+
+  def sexp_includes? exp, search_term
+    search_queue = [exp]
+
+    until search_queue.empty?
+      node = search_queue.shift
+
+      if node == search_term
+        return true
+      elsif sexp? node
+        search_queue.concat node
+      end
+    end
+
+    false
+  end
 end