diff --git a/odoo/models.py b/odoo/models.py
index 058906fc533..e5d8d3208a7 100644
--- a/odoo/models.py
+++ b/odoo/models.py
@@ -173,7 +173,18 @@ def to_company_ids(companies):
 
 
 def check_company_domain_parent_of(self, companies):
-    return ['|', ('company_id', '=', False), ('company_id', 'parent_of', to_company_ids(companies))]
+    if isinstance(companies, str):
+        return ['|', ('company_id', '=', False), ('company_id', 'parent_of', [companies])]
+
+    companies = [id for id in to_company_ids(companies) if id]
+    if not companies:
+        return [('company_id', '=', False)]
+
+    return ['|', ('company_id', '=', False), ('company_id', 'in', [
+        int(parent)
+        for rec in self.env['res.company'].sudo().browse(companies)
+        for parent in rec.parent_path.split('/')[:-1]
+    ])]
 
 
 class MetaModel(api.Meta):