diff --git a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
index 8a584ce69a..e361ef6606 100644
--- a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
@@ -2739,6 +2739,14 @@ bool wxDataViewMainWindow::ItemAdded(const wxDataViewItem & parent, const wxData
         if ( !parentNode )
             return false;
 
+        // If the parent node isn't and hadn't been opened yet, we don't have
+        // anything to do here, all the items will be added to it when it's
+        // opened for the first time.
+        if ( !parentNode->IsOpen() && parentNode->GetChildNodes().empty() )
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         wxDataViewTreeNode *itemNode = new wxDataViewTreeNode(parentNode, item);
         itemNode->SetHasChildren(GetModel()->IsContainer(item));
         parentNode->SetHasChildren(true);