diff --git a/bandit/core/utils.py b/bandit/core/utils.py
index a7e1c2b60..46345f45d 100644
--- a/bandit/core/utils.py
+++ b/bandit/core/utils.py
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ def check_ast_node(name):
 
 
 def get_nosec(nosec_lines, context):
-    for lineno in context["linerange"]:
-        nosec = nosec_lines.get(lineno, None)
+    for lineno in [context["lineno"], *context["linerange"]]:
+        nosec = nosec_lines.get(lineno)
         if nosec is not None:
             return nosec
     return None
diff --git a/examples/nosec.py b/examples/nosec.py
index c69979114..d84751aa8 100644
--- a/examples/nosec.py
+++ b/examples/nosec.py
@@ -13,3 +13,14 @@
 subprocess.Popen('/bin/ls *', shell=True) # type: ... # noqa: E501 ; pylint: disable=line-too-long # nosec
 subprocess.Popen('#nosec', shell=True) # nosec B607, B101
 subprocess.Popen('#nosec', shell=True) # nosec B602, subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true
+# check that nosec in nested dict does not cause "higher" annotations to be ignored
+# reproduction of https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit/issues/1003
+example = {
+    'S3_CONFIG_PARAMS': dict(  # nosec B106
+        aws_access_key_id='key_goes_here',
+        aws_secret_access_key='secret_goes_here',
+        endpoint_url='s3.amazonaws.com',
+    ),
+    'LOCALFS_BASEDIR': '/var/tmp/herp',  # nosec B108
+    'ALPINE_APORTS_DIR': '/tmp/derp',  # nosec B108
+}