diff --git a/core/modules/views/js/ajax_view.js b/core/modules/views/js/ajax_view.js
index 67601a121..e855950ce 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/js/ajax_view.js
+++ b/core/modules/views/js/ajax_view.js
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@
   Drupal.behaviors.ViewsAjaxView = {};
   Drupal.behaviors.ViewsAjaxView.attach = function () {
     if (drupalSettings && drupalSettings.views && drupalSettings.views.ajaxViews) {
-      var ajaxViews = drupalSettings.views.ajaxViews;
-      for (var i in ajaxViews) {
-        if (ajaxViews.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
-          Drupal.views.instances[i] = new Drupal.views.ajaxView(ajaxViews[i]);
-        }
-      }
+      Drupal.views.sortByNestingLevel(drupalSettings.views.ajaxViews).forEach(function (item) {
+        Drupal.views.instances[item.key] = new Drupal.views.ajaxView(item.value);
+      });
     }
   };
 
@@ -22,9 +19,39 @@
 
   Drupal.views.instances = {};
 
+  /**
+   * Helper function to sort views by nesting level.
+   *
+   * @param {object} ajaxViews
+   *   Object containing ajax view.
+   * @return {Array}
+   *   Array of views sorted by nesting level.
+   */
+  Drupal.views.sortByNestingLevel = function (ajaxViews) {
+    var ajaxViewsArray = [];
+
+    for (var i in ajaxViews) {
+      if (ajaxViews.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
+        ajaxViews[i].selector = '.js-view-dom-id-' + ajaxViews[i].view_dom_id;
+
+        ajaxViewsArray.push({
+          key: i,
+          value: ajaxViews[i],
+          nestingLevel: $(ajaxViews[i].selector).parents('.view').length
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Sort views by nesting level descending. The goal is to start with the
+    // innermost.
+    return ajaxViewsArray.sort(function (a, b) {
+      return b.nestingLevel - a.nestingLevel;
+    });
+  };
+
+
   Drupal.views.ajaxView = function (settings) {
-    var selector = '.js-view-dom-id-' + settings.view_dom_id;
-    this.$view = $(selector);
+    this.$view = $(settings.selector);
 
     var ajax_path = drupalSettings.views.ajax_path;
 
@@ -45,7 +72,7 @@
       submit: settings,
       setClick: true,
       event: 'click',
-      selector: selector,
+      selector: settings.selector,
       progress: { type: 'fullscreen' }
     };
 
@@ -54,7 +81,7 @@
     this.$exposed_form = $('form#views-exposed-form-' + settings.view_name.replace(/_/g, '-') + '-' + settings.view_display_id.replace(/_/g, '-'));
     this.$exposed_form.once('exposed-form').each($.proxy(this.attachExposedFormAjax, this));
 
-    this.$view.filter($.proxy(this.filterNestedViews, this)).once('ajax-pager').each($.proxy(this.attachPagerAjax, this));
+    this.$view.once('ajax-pager').each($.proxy(this.attachPagerAjax, this));
 
     var self_settings = $.extend({}, this.element_settings, {
       event: 'RefreshView',
@@ -77,12 +104,8 @@
     });
   };
 
-  Drupal.views.ajaxView.prototype.filterNestedViews = function () {
-    return !this.$view.parents('.view').length;
-  };
-
   Drupal.views.ajaxView.prototype.attachPagerAjax = function () {
-    this.$view.find('ul.js-pager__items > li > a, th.views-field a, .attachment .views-summary a').each($.proxy(this.attachPagerLinkAjax, this));
+    this.$view.find('ul.js-pager__items > li > a, th.views-field a, .attachment .views-summary a').once('attach-pager-ajax').each($.proxy(this.attachPagerLinkAjax, this));
   };
 
   Drupal.views.ajaxView.prototype.attachPagerLinkAjax = function (id, link) {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/src/EventSubscriber/ViewsTestAjaxSubscriberEvent.php b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/src/EventSubscriber/ViewsTestAjaxSubscriberEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3920a20c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/src/EventSubscriber/ViewsTestAjaxSubscriberEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\views_test_ajax_subscriber\EventSubscriber;
+
+use Drupal\views\Ajax\ViewAjaxResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
+
+/**
+ * Class ViewsTestAjaxSubscriberEvent.
+ *
+ * @package Drupal\views_test_ajax_subscriber
+ */
+class ViewsTestAjaxSubscriberEvent implements EventSubscriberInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  static function getSubscribedEvents() {
+    return [KernelEvents::RESPONSE => [['onResponse']]];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method is called whenever the kernel.response event is
+   * dispatched.
+   *
+   * @param Event $event
+   * @throws \Drupal\views_test_ajax_subscriber\EventSubscriber\UnexpectedViewAjaxException
+   */
+  public function onResponse(Event $event) {
+    /** @var ViewAjaxResponse $response */
+    $response = $event->getResponse();
+
+    // Only alter views ajax responses.
+    if (!($response instanceof ViewAjaxResponse)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    $expectedView = \Drupal::state()->get('views_test_ajax_subscriber');
+    if ($expectedView && $response->getView()->id() != $expectedView) {
+      throw new UnexpectedViewAjaxException("Expected: {$expectedView}. Got: {$response->getView()->id()}.");
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+class UnexpectedViewAjaxException extends \Exception {}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/views_test_ajax_subscriber.info.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/views_test_ajax_subscriber.info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38041e49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/views_test_ajax_subscriber.info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: views_test_ajax_subscriber
+type: module
+description: Tests views ajax responses.
+core: 8.x
+package: Testing
+dependencies:
+  - views
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/views_test_ajax_subscriber.services.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/views_test_ajax_subscriber.services.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83c71871e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_ajax_subscriber/views_test_ajax_subscriber.services.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+services:
+  views_test_ajax_subscriber.event_subscriber:
+    class: Drupal\views_test_ajax_subscriber\EventSubscriber\ViewsTestAjaxSubscriberEvent
+    arguments: []
+    tags:
+      - { name: event_subscriber }
+
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_view_area_ajax.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_view_area_ajax.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c93f5ebea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_view_area_ajax.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  config:
+    - core.entity_view_mode.node.teaser
+    - views.view.test_content_ajax
+  module:
+    - node
+    - user
+id: test_view_area_ajax
+label: 'Test view area ajax'
+module: views
+description: ''
+tag: ''
+base_table: node_field_data
+base_field: nid
+core: 8.x
+display:
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: 0
+    display_options:
+      use_ajax: true
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'access content'
+      cache:
+        type: tag
+        options: {  }
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+        options:
+          disable_sql_rewrite: false
+          distinct: false
+          replica: false
+          query_comment: ''
+          query_tags: {  }
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+        options:
+          submit_button: Apply
+          reset_button: false
+          reset_button_label: Reset
+          exposed_sorts_label: 'Sort by'
+          expose_sort_order: true
+          sort_asc_label: Asc
+          sort_desc_label: Desc
+      pager:
+        type: mini
+        options:
+          items_per_page: 10
+          offset: 0
+          id: 0
+          total_pages: null
+          expose:
+            items_per_page: false
+            items_per_page_label: 'Items per page'
+            items_per_page_options: '5, 10, 25, 50'
+            items_per_page_options_all: false
+            items_per_page_options_all_label: '- All -'
+            offset: false
+            offset_label: Offset
+          tags:
+            previous: ‹‹
+            next: ››
+      style:
+        type: default
+      row:
+        type: 'entity:node'
+        options:
+          view_mode: teaser
+      fields:
+        title:
+          id: title
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: title
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: title
+          label: ''
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            make_link: false
+            absolute: false
+            trim: false
+            word_boundary: false
+            ellipsis: false
+            strip_tags: false
+            html: false
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: true
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: string
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+      filters:
+        status:
+          value: '1'
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: status
+          plugin_id: boolean
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: status
+          id: status
+          expose:
+            operator: ''
+          group: 1
+      sorts:
+        created:
+          id: created
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: created
+          order: DESC
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: created
+          plugin_id: date
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            label: ''
+          granularity: second
+      title: ''
+      header:
+        view:
+          id: view
+          table: views
+          field: view
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          empty: false
+          view_to_insert: 'test_content_ajax:page_1'
+          inherit_arguments: false
+          plugin_id: view
+      footer: {  }
+      empty: {  }
+      relationships: {  }
+      arguments: {  }
+      display_extenders: {  }
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: -1
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }
+  page_1:
+    display_plugin: page
+    id: page_1
+    display_title: Page
+    position: 1
+    display_options:
+      display_extenders: {  }
+      path: test-view-area-ajax
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: -1
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/EmbeddedViewPaginationAJAXTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/EmbeddedViewPaginationAJAXTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..169d27b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/EmbeddedViewPaginationAJAXTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\views\FunctionalJavascript;
+
+use Drupal\FunctionalJavascriptTests\JavascriptTestBase;
+use Drupal\simpletest\ContentTypeCreationTrait;
+use Drupal\simpletest\NodeCreationTrait;
+use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestData;
+
+/**
+ * Tests ajax pager requests in embedded views.
+ *
+ * @group views
+ */
+class EmbeddedViewPaginationAJAXTest extends JavascriptTestBase {
+
+  use ContentTypeCreationTrait;
+  use NodeCreationTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['node', 'views', 'views_test_config', 'views_test_ajax_subscriber'];
+
+  /**
+   * @var array
+   * Test Views to enable.
+   */
+  public static $testViews = ['test_content_ajax', 'test_view_area_ajax'];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(self::class, ['views_test_config']);
+
+    // Create a Content type and eleven test nodes.
+    $this->createContentType(['type' => 'page']);
+    for ($i = 1; $i <= 55; $i++) {
+      $this->createNode(['title' => 'Node ' . $i . ' content', 'changed' => $i * 1000]);
+    }
+
+    // Create a user privileged enough to view content.
+    $user = $this->drupalCreateUser([
+      'administer site configuration',
+      'access content',
+      'access content overview',
+    ]);
+    $this->drupalLogin($user);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if embedded views send pager requests as themselves and not as
+   * enclosing view.
+   */
+  public function testPaginationInEmbeddedAjaxView() {
+    $this->drupalGet('test-view-area-ajax');
+
+    $session_assert = $this->assertSession();
+
+    /**
+     * Tell the event subscriber to expect a pager request sent by the
+     * test_content_ajax view.
+     *
+     * @see \Drupal\views_test_ajax_subscriber\EventSubscriberViewsTestAjaxSubscriberEvent
+     */
+    \Drupal::state()->set('views_test_ajax_subscriber', 'test_content_ajax');
+    $session_assert->waitForLink('Next ›')->click();
+  }
+
+}