diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-cell.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-cell.component.ts
index 1ce7118cd4a..40c670a0f9f 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-cell.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-cell.component.ts
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ export class IgxHierarchicalGridCellComponent extends IgxGridCellComponent imple
     private _clearAllHighlights() {
         [this._rootGrid, ...this._rootGrid.getChildGrids(true)].forEach(grid => {
             if (grid !== this.grid && grid.navigation.activeNode) {
+                grid.selectionService.activeElement = null;
                 grid.navigation.clearActivation();
                 grid.selectionService.initKeyboardState();
                 grid.selectionService.clear();
             }
 
-            grid.selectionService.activeElement = null;
             grid.nativeElement.classList.remove('igx-grid__tr--highlighted');
             grid.highlightedRowID = null;
             grid.cdr.markForCheck();
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-grid.selection.spec.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-grid.selection.spec.ts
index 39ad035c2ff..f940b75572f 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-grid.selection.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-grid.selection.spec.ts
@@ -78,12 +78,19 @@ describe('IgxHierarchicalGrid selection #hGrid', () => {
             expect(fCell.selected).toBeFalsy();
 
             // select parent cell
+            const parentSpy = spyOn<any>(hierarchicalGrid.selected, 'emit').and.callThrough();
             firstRow = hierarchicalGrid.gridAPI.get_row_by_index(0) as IgxHierarchicalRowComponent;
             fCell = firstRow.cells.toArray()[0];
             GridFunctions.focusCell(fix, fCell);
             fix.detectChanges();
             expect(fChildCell.selected).toBeFalsy();
             expect(fCell.selected).toBeTruthy();
+            expect(parentSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+            GridFunctions.focusCell(fix, fCell);
+            fix.detectChanges();
+            expect(fCell.selected).toBeTruthy();
+            expect(parentSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         });
 
         it('should be able to set cellSelection mode per grid', () => {