diff --git a/src/misc/serviceUtils.ts b/src/misc/serviceUtils.ts
index d12f7b61f9f..a466c83fbd5 100644
--- a/src/misc/serviceUtils.ts
+++ b/src/misc/serviceUtils.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
 
 export class ServiceUtils {
     static nestedTraverse(nodeTree: Array<TreeNode<ITreeNodeObject>>, partIndex: number, parts: string[],
-        obj: ITreeNodeObject, delimiter: string) {
+        obj: ITreeNodeObject, parent: ITreeNodeObject, delimiter: string) {
         if (parts.length <= partIndex) {
             return;
         }
@@ -17,21 +17,23 @@ export class ServiceUtils {
             if (nodeTree[i].node.name === parts[partIndex]) {
                 if (end && nodeTree[i].node.id !== obj.id) {
                     // Another node with the same name.
-                    nodeTree.push(new TreeNode(obj, partName));
+                    nodeTree.push(new TreeNode(obj, partName, parent));
                     return;
                 }
-                ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodeTree[i].children, partIndex + 1, parts, obj, delimiter);
+                ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodeTree[i].children, partIndex + 1, parts,
+                    obj, nodeTree[i].node, delimiter);
                 return;
             }
         }
 
         if (nodeTree.filter((n) => n.node.name === partName).length === 0) {
             if (end) {
-                nodeTree.push(new TreeNode(obj, partName));
+                nodeTree.push(new TreeNode(obj, partName, parent));
                 return;
             }
             const newPartName = parts[partIndex] + delimiter + parts[partIndex + 1];
-            ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodeTree, 0, [newPartName, ...parts.slice(partIndex + 2)], obj, delimiter);
+            ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodeTree, 0, [newPartName, ...parts.slice(partIndex + 2)],
+                obj, parent, delimiter);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/models/domain/treeNode.ts b/src/models/domain/treeNode.ts
index ee020c29805..beda19f1587 100644
--- a/src/models/domain/treeNode.ts
+++ b/src/models/domain/treeNode.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 export class TreeNode<T extends ITreeNodeObject> {
+    parent: T;
     node: T;
     children: Array<TreeNode<T>> = [];
 
-    constructor(node: T, name: string) {
+    constructor(node: T, name: string, parent: T) {
+        this.parent = parent;
         this.node = node;
         this.node.name = name;
     }
diff --git a/src/services/collection.service.ts b/src/services/collection.service.ts
index 358e5408f15..c33818a3d99 100644
--- a/src/services/collection.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/collection.service.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ export class CollectionService implements CollectionServiceAbstraction {
         collections.forEach((f) => {
             const collectionCopy = new CollectionView();
             collectionCopy.id = f.id;
-            ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodes, 0, f.name.split(NestingDelimiter), collectionCopy, NestingDelimiter);
+            ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodes, 0, f.name.split(NestingDelimiter), collectionCopy,
+                null, NestingDelimiter);
         });
         return nodes;
     }
diff --git a/src/services/folder.service.ts b/src/services/folder.service.ts
index dc68a55d203..70fc7f1e71e 100644
--- a/src/services/folder.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/folder.service.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ export class FolderService implements FolderServiceAbstraction {
             const folderCopy = new FolderView();
             folderCopy.id = f.id;
             folderCopy.revisionDate = f.revisionDate;
-            ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodes, 0, f.name.split(NestingDelimiter), folderCopy, NestingDelimiter);
+            ServiceUtils.nestedTraverse(nodes, 0, f.name.split(NestingDelimiter), folderCopy,
+                null, NestingDelimiter);
         });
         return nodes;
     }