diff --git a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
index 25a28ae657..2dfd7a953c 100644
--- a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
@@ -3075,14 +3075,6 @@ bool wxDataViewMainWindow::ItemAdded(const wxDataViewItem & parent, const wxData
 
         parentNode->SetHasChildren(true);
 
-        // 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));