diff --git a/nodehierarchy.module b/nodehierarchy.module
index fa0c87a..7a9c549 100644
--- a/nodehierarchy.module
+++ b/nodehierarchy.module
@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ function _nodehierarchy_tree_data($result, $exclude = NULL, $allowed_types, $dep
         if ($item['depth'] > $depth) {
           // _menu_tree returns an item and the menu tree structure.
           list($item, $below) = _nodehierarchy_tree_data($result, $exclude, $allowed_types, $item['depth'], $item);
-          if ($previous_element && ($below || !$previous_element['disabled'])) {
+          if ($previous_element && !$previous_element['disabled']) {
             $tree[_nodehierarchy_get_parent_selector_value($previous_element)] = $previous_element;
           }
           $tree += $below;