diff --git a/src/services/OpenAPIParser.ts b/src/services/OpenAPIParser.ts
index 37a6e13887..b406098fde 100644
--- a/src/services/OpenAPIParser.ts
+++ b/src/services/OpenAPIParser.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ export class OpenAPIParser {
       ...schema,
       allOf: undefined,
       parentRefs: [],
+      title: schema.title || (isNamedDefinition($ref) ? JsonPointer.baseName($ref) : undefined),
     };
 
     // avoid mutating inner objects
@@ -263,11 +264,6 @@ export class OpenAPIParser {
       }
     }
 
-    // name of definition or title on top level
-    if (schema.title === undefined && isNamedDefinition($ref)) {
-      receiver.title = JsonPointer.baseName($ref);
-    }
-
     return receiver;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/services/__tests__/__snapshots__/OpenAPIParser.test.ts.snap b/src/services/__tests__/__snapshots__/OpenAPIParser.test.ts.snap
index 3ec279e0fe..74a26ed094 100644
--- a/src/services/__tests__/__snapshots__/OpenAPIParser.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/services/__tests__/__snapshots__/OpenAPIParser.test.ts.snap
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Object {
               "type": "string",
             },
           },
+          "title": undefined,
         },
         Object {
           "allOf": undefined,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ Object {
               "type": "string",
             },
           },
+          "title": undefined,
         },
       ],
     },
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ Object {
               "type": "string",
             },
           },
+          "title": undefined,
         },
         Object {
           "allOf": undefined,
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ Object {
               "type": "string",
             },
           },
+          "title": undefined,
         },
       ],
     },