diff --git a/netbox/core/api/schema.py b/netbox/core/api/schema.py
index 57dc842b7..939868e40 100644
--- a/netbox/core/api/schema.py
+++ b/netbox/core/api/schema.py
@@ -215,8 +215,10 @@ class NetBoxAutoSchema(AutoSchema):
     def _get_serializer_name(self, serializer, direction, bypass_extensions=False) -> str:
         name = super()._get_serializer_name(serializer, direction, bypass_extensions)
 
-        # If this serializer is nested, prepend its name with "Brief"
-        if getattr(serializer, 'nested', False):
+        # If this serializer is nested, prepend its name with "Brief". Serializers which declare an explicit
+        # Meta.ref_name are exempt: those are brief by design and have no complete form in the schema, so the
+        # prefix would only rename an existing component to no purpose. See #22989.
+        if getattr(serializer, 'nested', False) and not getattr(getattr(serializer, 'Meta', None), 'ref_name', None):
             name = f'Brief{name}'
 
         return name
diff --git a/netbox/core/tests/test_openapi_schema.py b/netbox/core/tests/test_openapi_schema.py
index 00da4ae3c..50ac6c970 100644
--- a/netbox/core/tests/test_openapi_schema.py
+++ b/netbox/core/tests/test_openapi_schema.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class OpenAPISchemaTestCase(TestCase):
         for component, field, ref in (
             ('Site', 'asns', 'BriefASN'),
             ('ConfigContext', 'sites', 'BriefSite'),
-            ('ASN', 'sites', 'BriefASNSite'),
+            ('Interface', 'tagged_vlans', 'BriefVLAN'),
         ):
             with self.subTest(component=component, field=field):
                 self.assertEqual(
@@ -145,6 +145,28 @@ class OpenAPISchemaTestCase(TestCase):
             {'id', 'url', 'display', 'asn', 'description'}
         )
 
+    def test_ref_name_exempts_serializer_from_brief_prefix(self):
+        """
+        A serializer which declares an explicit Meta.ref_name keeps that name when nested, rather than
+        acquiring a Brief prefix. These serializers are brief by design and have no complete form in the
+        schema, so prefixing them would rename an existing component to no purpose.
+
+        Refs: #22989
+        """
+        components = self.schema['components']['schemas']
+
+        for component, field, ref in (
+            ('ASN', 'sites', 'ASNSite'),
+            ('ObjectPermission', 'groups', 'NestedGroup'),
+            ('ObjectPermission', 'users', 'NestedUser'),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(component=component, field=field):
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    components[component]['properties'][field]['items']['$ref'],
+                    f'#/components/schemas/{ref}'
+                )
+                self.assertNotIn(f'Brief{ref}', components)
+
     def test_non_nested_related_fields_reference_full_components(self):
         """
         A SerializedPKRelatedField declared without nested=True must continue to reference the
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/api/serializers_/asns.py b/netbox/ipam/api/serializers_/asns.py
index c5c95bf19..fe7153cf3 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/api/serializers_/asns.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/api/serializers_/asns.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class ASNSiteSerializer(PrimaryModelSerializer):
         model = Site
         fields = ('id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'description', 'slug')
         brief_fields = ('id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'description', 'slug')
+        ref_name = 'ASNSite'
 
 
 class ASNSerializer(PrimaryModelSerializer):
diff --git a/netbox/users/api/serializers_/nested.py b/netbox/users/api/serializers_/nested.py
index b268776b5..a3e9ffaa2 100644
--- a/netbox/users/api/serializers_/nested.py
+++ b/netbox/users/api/serializers_/nested.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class NestedGroupSerializer(WritableNestedSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = models.Group
         fields = ['id', 'url', 'display_url', 'display', 'name']
+        ref_name = 'NestedGroup'
 
 
 class NestedUserSerializer(WritableNestedSerializer):
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class NestedUserSerializer(WritableNestedSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = models.User
         fields = ['id', 'url', 'display_url', 'display', 'username']
+        ref_name = 'NestedUser'
 
     @extend_schema_field(OpenApiTypes.STR)
     def get_display(self, obj):