diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/navigator/MavenProjectsStructure.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/navigator/MavenProjectsStructure.java
index 856177159379..4af25939d6b0 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/navigator/MavenProjectsStructure.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/navigator/MavenProjectsStructure.java
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ public class MavenProjectsStructure extends SimpleTreeStructure {
     @Override
     public boolean isVisible() {
       // show regardless absence of children
-      return getDisplayKind() != DisplayKind.NEVER;
+      return super.isVisible() || getDisplayKind() != DisplayKind.NEVER;
     }
   }