diff --git a/lib/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js b/lib/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js
index d6aa739..3e80b98 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ module.exports = function noSetupInDescribe(context) {
         }
     }
 
+    function isParentDescribe(node) {
+        return astUtils.isDescribe(node.parent, additionalSuiteNames(settings));
+    }
+
     return {
         CallExpression(node) {
             const isDescribe = astUtils.isDescribe(node, additionalSuiteNames(settings));
@@ -86,13 +90,13 @@ module.exports = function noSetupInDescribe(context) {
             }
         },
 
-        ArrowFunctionExpression() {
-            if (nesting.length) {
+        ArrowFunctionExpression(node) {
+            if (nesting.length && !isParentDescribe(node)) {
                 nesting.push(FUNCTION);
             }
         },
-        'ArrowFunctionExpression:exit'() {
-            if (nesting.length) {
+        'ArrowFunctionExpression:exit'(node) {
+            if (nesting.length && !isParentDescribe(node)) {
                 nesting.pop();
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js b/test/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js
index 6fcb229..986b5af 100644
--- a/test/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js
+++ b/test/rules/no-setup-in-describe.js
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ ruleTester.run('no-setup-in-describe', rule, {
                 line: 1,
                 column: 28
             } ]
+        }, {
+            code: 'describe("", () => { a(); });',
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 2015 },
+            errors: [ {
+                message: 'Unexpected function call in describe block.',
+                line: 1,
+                column: 22
+            } ]
         }, {
             code: 'foo("", function () { a(); });',
             settings: {