diff --git a/lib/api/v3/work_packages/work_package_representer.rb b/lib/api/v3/work_packages/work_package_representer.rb
index fc4d0e7160..0dcbc59979 100644
--- a/lib/api/v3/work_packages/work_package_representer.rb
+++ b/lib/api/v3/work_packages/work_package_representer.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module API
           {
               href: "#{root_url}/api/v3/work_packages/#{represented.work_package.parent.id}",
               title:  represented.work_package.parent.subject
-          } unless represented.work_package.parent.nil?
+          } unless represented.work_package.parent.nil? || !represented.work_package.parent.visible?
         end
 
         links :children do