diff --git a/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes1.py b/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes1.py
index d6268aa8e..2e443d84b 100644
--- a/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes1.py
+++ b/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes1.py
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ def _get_comparison_expression(elem):
         return expression
 
     queries = []
-    queries_nested = []
     values = []
 
     LOGGER.debug('Scanning children elements')
@@ -301,8 +300,10 @@ def _get_comparison_expression(elem):
             tagname = ' %s ' % child_tag_name.lower()
             if tagname in [' or ', ' and ']:  # this is a nested binary logic query
                 LOGGER.debug('Nested binary logic detected; operator=%s', tagname)
+                queries_nested = []
                 for child2 in child.xpath('child::*'):
                     queries_nested.append(_get_comparison_expression(child2))
+                LOGGER.debug('Nested binary logic queries: %s', queries_nested)
                 queries.append('(%s)' % tagname.join(queries_nested))
             else:
                 queries.append(_get_comparison_expression(child))
diff --git a/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes2.py b/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes2.py
index c38abf4e1..a29dcb946 100644
--- a/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes2.py
+++ b/pycsw/ogc/fes/fes2.py
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ def _get_comparison_expression(elem):
         return expression
 
     queries = []
-    queries_nested = []
     values = []
 
     LOGGER.debug('Scanning children elements')
@@ -319,8 +318,10 @@ def _get_comparison_expression(elem):
             tagname = ' %s ' % child_tag_name.lower()
             if tagname in [' or ', ' and ']:  # this is a nested binary logic query
                 LOGGER.debug('Nested binary logic detected; operator=%s', tagname)
+                queries_nested = []
                 for child2 in child.xpath('child::*'):
                     queries_nested.append(_get_comparison_expression(child2))
+                LOGGER.debug('Nested binary logic queries: %s', queries_nested)
                 queries.append('(%s)' % tagname.join(queries_nested))
             else:
                 queries.append(_get_comparison_expression(child))
diff --git a/tests/functionaltests/suites/default/expected/post_GetRecords-filter-and-nested-or-multiple.xml b/tests/functionaltests/suites/default/expected/post_GetRecords-filter-and-nested-or-multiple.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42fbc5950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functionaltests/suites/default/expected/post_GetRecords-filter-and-nested-or-multiple.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!-- PYCSW_VERSION -->
+<csw:GetRecordsResponse xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0.2" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 http://schemas.opengis.net/csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
+  <csw:SearchStatus timestamp="PYCSW_TIMESTAMP"/>
+  <csw:SearchResults numberOfRecordsMatched="1" numberOfRecordsReturned="1" nextRecord="0" recordSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" elementSet="full">
+    <csw:Record>
+    <dc:identifier>urn:uuid:94bc9c83-97f6-4b40-9eb8-a8e8787a5c63</dc:identifier>
+    <dc:type>http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset</dc:type>
+    <dc:title>Mauris sed neque</dc:title>
+    <dc:subject scheme="http://www.digest.org/2.1">Vegetation-Cropland</dc:subject>
+    <dct:abstract>Curabitur lacinia, ante non porta tempus, mi lorem feugiat odio, eget suscipit eros pede ac velit.</dct:abstract>
+    <dc:date>2006-03-26</dc:date>
+    <ows:BoundingBox crs="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.11:4326">
+      <ows:LowerCorner>47.595 -4.097</ows:LowerCorner>
+      <ows:UpperCorner>51.217 0.889</ows:UpperCorner>
+    </ows:BoundingBox>
+</csw:Record>
+  </csw:SearchResults>
+</csw:GetRecordsResponse>
diff --git a/tests/functionaltests/suites/default/post/GetRecords-filter-and-nested-or-multiple.xml b/tests/functionaltests/suites/default/post/GetRecords-filter-and-nested-or-multiple.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ab5276b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functionaltests/suites/default/post/GetRecords-filter-and-nested-or-multiple.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<GetRecords service="CSW" version="2.0.2" maxRecords="10" resultType="results" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 http://schemas.opengis.net/csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
+    <Query typeNames="csw:Record">
+       <ElementSetName>full</ElementSetName>
+       <Constraint version="1.0.0">
+          <ogc:Filter>
+             <ogc:And>
+                <ogc:Or>
+                   <ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
+                      <ogc:PropertyName>dc:type</ogc:PropertyName>
+                      <ogc:Literal>http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image</ogc:Literal>
+                   </ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
+                   <ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
+                      <ogc:PropertyName>dc:type</ogc:PropertyName>
+                      <ogc:Literal>http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset</ogc:Literal>
+                   </ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
+                </ogc:Or>
+                <ogc:Or>
+                   <ogc:PropertyIsLike wildCard="%" singleChar="_" escapeChar="\">
+                      <ogc:PropertyName>dc:title</ogc:PropertyName>
+                      <ogc:Literal>Mauris%</ogc:Literal>
+                   </ogc:PropertyIsLike>
+                   <ogc:PropertyIsLike wildCard="%" singleChar="_" escapeChar="\">
+                      <ogc:PropertyName>dc:title</ogc:PropertyName>
+                      <ogc:Literal>%neque</ogc:Literal>
+                   </ogc:PropertyIsLike>
+                </ogc:Or>
+             </ogc:And>
+          </ogc:Filter>
+       </Constraint>
+    </Query>
+</GetRecords>