diff --git a/src/aui-tree/HISTORY.md b/src/aui-tree/HISTORY.md
index a786306643..dfe71f7aa1 100644
--- a/src/aui-tree/HISTORY.md
+++ b/src/aui-tree/HISTORY.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ## @VERSION@
 
+* [AUI-3200](https://issues.liferay.com/browse/AUI-3200) AUI-3200 Fix tree is built without children nodes (aui-tree-view) regression of AUI-3196 Prevent tree to create empty ul container with no children, remove previous condition and add ul element only when is expanded (has children).
 * [AUI-3196](https://issues.liferay.com/browse/AUI-3196) An empty unordered list item (ul) is generated after each child list item (li)
 
 ## [3.0.3](https://github.com/liferay/alloy-ui/releases/tag/3.0.3)
diff --git a/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-data.js b/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-data.js
index 20b41d9f09..19f579de2a 100644
--- a/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-data.js
+++ b/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-data.js
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ A.mix(TreeData.prototype, {
 
         instance.childrenLength = v.length;
 
-        if (instance.childrenLength && !container) {
+        if (!container) {
             container = instance._createNodeContainer();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-node.js b/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-node.js
index 7ffb083292..a24f976a7a 100644
--- a/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-node.js
+++ b/src/aui-tree/js/aui-tree-node.js
@@ -569,11 +569,7 @@ var TreeNode = A.Component.create({
 
             var nodeContainer = instance.get('container');
 
-            if (nodeContainer) {
-                if (!instance.get('expanded')) {
-                    nodeContainer.hide();
-                }
-
+            if (nodeContainer && instance.get('expanded')) {
                 boundingBox.append(nodeContainer);
             }