diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts
index 350881bd8ca76a88c940758f5f4e6ce655500807..622a2f609b5520739406c92c9bbbf13d96a14c77 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ export class GridView<T extends IView> implements IGrid<T>, IDisposable {
 
 			const newParent = new BranchNode<T>(parent.orientation);
 			grandParent.addChild(newParent, 20, parentIndex);
+			newParent.addChild(parent, 20, 0);
 			newParent.addChild(node, size, index);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/grid/gridview.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/grid/gridview.test.ts
index 2dae8d9d2ea5a79cc6e3371e236f08754c0a1dda..79c786d0a143f87bd32bee5b232cae70e97760cc 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/grid/gridview.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/grid/gridview.test.ts
@@ -107,4 +107,24 @@ suite('GridView', function () {
 
 		gridview.dispose();
 	});
+
+	test('gridview addView nested', function () {
+		const gridview = new GridView(container);
+
+		const views = [
+			new TestView(20, 20),
+			[
+				new TestView(20, 20),
+				new TestView(20, 20)
+			]
+		];
+
+		gridview.addView(views[0] as IView, 200, [0]);
+		gridview.addView(views[1][0] as IView, 200, [1]);
+		gridview.addView(views[1][1] as IView, 200, [1, 1]);
+
+		assert.deepEqual(nodesToArrays(gridview.getViews()), views);
+
+		gridview.dispose();
+	});
 });
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