diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_draw.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_draw.cc
index 348a85c0b51..842ab1350b7 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_draw.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_draw.cc
@@ -3271,7 +3271,8 @@ static bool element_should_draw_faded(const TreeViewContext &tvc,
                                (const Base *)te->directdata :
                                BKE_view_layer_base_find((ViewLayer *)tvc.view_layer, (Object *)ob);
         const bool is_visible = (base != nullptr) &&
-                                (base->flag & BASE_ENABLED_AND_VISIBLE_IN_DEFAULT_VIEWPORT);
+                                (base->flag & BASE_ENABLED_AND_VISIBLE_IN_DEFAULT_VIEWPORT) &&
+                                !BLI_listbase_is_empty(&te->subtree);
 
         return !is_visible;
       }