diff --git a/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py b/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py
index 8701d459f4..fe74497051 100644
--- a/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py
+++ b/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py
@@ -1376,12 +1376,20 @@ def read_and_write_sets(self) -> Tuple[Set[AnyStr], Set[AnyStr]]:
         read_set = set()
         write_set = set()
         for state in self.states():
-            for edge in state.parent_graph.in_edges(state):
-                read_set |= edge.data.free_symbols & self.arrays.keys()
             # Get dictionaries of subsets read and written from each state
             rs, ws = state._read_and_write_sets()
             read_set |= rs.keys()
             write_set |= ws.keys()
+
+        array_names = self.arrays.keys()
+        for edge in self.all_interstate_edges():
+            read_set |= edge.data.free_symbols & array_names
+
+        # By definition, data that is referenced by symbolic condition expressions
+        # (branching condition, loop condition, ...) is also part of the read set.
+        for cfr in self.all_control_flow_regions():
+            read_set |= cfr.used_symbols(all_symbols=True, with_contents=False) & array_names
+
         return read_set, write_set
 
     def arglist(self, scalars_only=False, free_symbols=None) -> Dict[str, dt.Data]:
diff --git a/tests/transformations/prune_connectors_test.py b/tests/transformations/prune_connectors_test.py
index b7b287d77e..5844abc8b2 100644
--- a/tests/transformations/prune_connectors_test.py
+++ b/tests/transformations/prune_connectors_test.py
@@ -417,6 +417,49 @@ def test_read_write():
     assert not PruneConnectors.can_be_applied_to(nsdfg=nsdfg, sdfg=sdfg, expr_index=0, permissive=False)
 
 
+def test_prune_connectors_with_conditional_block():
+    """
+    Verifies that a connector to scalar data (here 'cond') in a NestedSDFG is not removed,
+    when this data is only accessed by condition expressions in ControlFlowRegion nodes.
+    """
+    sdfg = dace.SDFG('tester')
+    A, A_desc = sdfg.add_array('A', [4], dace.float64)
+    B, B_desc = sdfg.add_array('B', [4], dace.float64)
+    COND, COND_desc = sdfg.add_array('COND', [4], dace.bool_)
+    OUT, OUT_desc = sdfg.add_array('OUT', [4], dace.float64)
+
+    nsdfg = dace.SDFG('nested')
+    a, _ = nsdfg.add_scalar('a', A_desc.dtype)
+    b, _ = nsdfg.add_scalar('b', B_desc.dtype)
+    cond, _ = nsdfg.add_scalar('cond', COND_desc.dtype)
+    out, _ = nsdfg.add_scalar('out', OUT_desc.dtype)
+
+    if_region = dace.sdfg.state.ConditionalBlock("if")
+    nsdfg.add_node(if_region)
+    entry_state = nsdfg.add_state("entry", is_start_block=True)
+    nsdfg.add_edge(entry_state, if_region, dace.InterstateEdge())
+
+    then_body = dace.sdfg.state.ControlFlowRegion("then_body", sdfg=nsdfg)
+    a_state = then_body.add_state("true_branch", is_start_block=True)
+    if_region.add_branch(dace.sdfg.state.CodeBlock(cond), then_body)
+    a_state.add_nedge(a_state.add_access(a), a_state.add_access(out), dace.Memlet(out))
+
+    else_body = dace.sdfg.state.ControlFlowRegion("else_body", sdfg=nsdfg)
+    b_state = else_body.add_state("false_branch", is_start_block=True)
+    if_region.add_branch(dace.sdfg.state.CodeBlock(f"not ({cond})"), else_body)
+    b_state.add_nedge(b_state.add_access(b), b_state.add_access(out), dace.Memlet(out))
+
+    state = sdfg.add_state()
+    nsdfg_node = state.add_nested_sdfg(nsdfg, sdfg, inputs={a, b, cond}, outputs={out})
+    me, mx = state.add_map('map', dict(i="0:4"))
+    state.add_memlet_path(state.add_access(A), me, nsdfg_node, dst_conn=a, memlet=dace.Memlet(f"{A}[i]"))
+    state.add_memlet_path(state.add_access(B), me, nsdfg_node, dst_conn=b, memlet=dace.Memlet(f"{B}[i]"))
+    state.add_memlet_path(state.add_access(COND), me, nsdfg_node, dst_conn=cond, memlet=dace.Memlet(f"{COND}[i]"))
+    state.add_memlet_path(nsdfg_node, mx, state.add_access(OUT), src_conn=out, memlet=dace.Memlet(f"{OUT}[i]"))
+
+    assert 0 == sdfg.apply_transformations_repeated(PruneConnectors)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--N", default=64)
@@ -431,3 +474,4 @@ def test_read_write():
     test_prune_connectors_with_dependencies()
     test_read_write_1()
     test_read_write_2()
+    test_prune_connectors_with_conditional_block()