diff --git a/yaserde/tests/serializer.rs b/yaserde/tests/serializer.rs
index 7b8cf6f..4699604 100644
--- a/yaserde/tests/serializer.rs
+++ b/yaserde/tests/serializer.rs
@@ -60,9 +60,30 @@ fn ser_list_of_items() {
     ],
   };
 
-  let content =
-    "<base><items><field>something1</field></items><items><field>something2</field></items></base>";
+  let content = "<base><items><field>something1</field></items><items><field>something2</field></items></base>";
   serialize_and_validate!(model2, content);
+
+  #[derive(YaSerialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
+  #[yaserde(rename = "base")]
+  pub struct XmlStructOfStructRenamedField {
+      #[yaserde(rename = "listField")]
+      items: Vec<SubStruct>,
+  }
+
+  let model3 = XmlStructOfStructRenamedField {
+    items: vec![
+      SubStruct {
+        field: "something1".to_string(),
+      },
+      SubStruct {
+        field: "something2".to_string(),
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  // SubStruct has 'rename' set, but it's ignored because SubStruct is used as a field of XmlStructOfStructRenamedField that overrides the 'rename
+  let content = "<base><listField><field>something1</field></listField><listField><field>something2</field></listField></base>";
+  serialize_and_validate!(model3, content);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_struct.rs b/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_struct.rs
index a92c16d..7931b6b 100644
--- a/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_struct.rs
+++ b/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_struct.rs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ pub fn serialize(
           }),
           Field::FieldStruct { .. } => Some(quote! {
             for item in &self.#label {
-              writer.set_start_event_name(None);
+              writer.set_start_event_name(Some(#label_name.to_string()));
               writer.set_skip_start_end(false);
               item.serialize(writer)?;
             }