diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/patches.rb b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/patches.rb
index 5a0e0effae..13cffc6dca 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/patches.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/patches.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module RuboCop
             patch_problems(url_string)
           end
 
-          inline_patches = find_method_calls_by_name(body, :patch)
+          inline_patches = find_every_method_call_by_name(body, :patch)
           inline_patches.each { |patch| inline_patch_problems(patch) }
 
           if inline_patches.empty? && patch_end?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/patches_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/patches_spec.rb
index 6b0fc2a1a5..42883c8458 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/patches_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/patches_spec.rb
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::Patches do
       RUBY
     end
 
+    it "reports no offenses for valid nested inline patches" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          stable do
+            patch :DATA
+          end
+        end
+        __END__
+        patch content here
+      RUBY
+    end
+
     it "reports an offense when DATA is found with no __END__" do
       expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
         class Foo < Formula