diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_compression_session_id_persistence.py b/tests/gateway/test_compression_session_id_persistence.py
index 2d5bb9413204..f3468cadff3d 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_compression_session_id_persistence.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_compression_session_id_persistence.py
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ def _session_id_assignments_followed_by_save(source: str) -> list[tuple[int, boo
             for i, stmt in enumerate(body):
                 if self._is_session_id_assign(stmt):
                     results.append((stmt.lineno, self._block_has_save_after(body, i)))
+                # Recurse into the stmt itself when it is a control-flow node
+                # whose body/orelse/finalbody may carry assignments that are
+                # not also reachable as iter_child_nodes children of the stmt
+                # (e.g. an ``else`` block whose statements are all assigns).
+                if isinstance(stmt, (ast.If, ast.For, ast.While, ast.With,
+                                     ast.Try, ast.AsyncWith, ast.AsyncFor)):
+                    self._walk_node(stmt)
                 for child in ast.iter_child_nodes(stmt):
                     if isinstance(child, (ast.If, ast.For, ast.While, ast.With,
                                           ast.Try, ast.AsyncWith, ast.AsyncFor)):