The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C24H23NO, contains two crystallographically independent molecules (A and B). In both molecules, the piperidine rings adopt a chair conformation and the phenyl rings and the benzyl group substituents are attached equatorially. The dihedral angle between the phenyl rings is 60.80 (10)° in molecule A and 68.43 (9)° in molecule B. The phenyl ring of the benzyl group makes dihedral angles of 76.95 (9) and 42.25 (10)° with the phenyl rings in molecule A, and dihedral angles of 81.38 (11) and 30.19 (11)° in molecule B. In the crystal, the two molecules are linked by N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming –A–B–A–B– chains along [100]. In addition, five C—H...π interactions are also present, linking the chains to form a three-dimensional structure.