diff --git a/www/include/configuration/configObject/host_categories/DB-Func.php b/www/include/configuration/configObject/host_categories/DB-Func.php
index bca897bcc8c..43a10f3a2ac 100644
--- a/www/include/configuration/configObject/host_categories/DB-Func.php
+++ b/www/include/configuration/configObject/host_categories/DB-Func.php
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ function multipleHostCategoriesInDB($hostcategories = array(), $nbrDup = array()
         for ($i = 1; $i <= $nbrDup[$key]; $i++) {
             $val = null;
             $rq = null;
+            $level = false;
             foreach ($row as $key2 => $value2) {
                 (isset($key2) && $key2 == "hc_name") ? ($hc_name = $value2 = $value2 . "_" . $i) : null;
                 $val
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ function multipleHostCategoriesInDB($hostcategories = array(), $nbrDup = array()
                 if ($key2 != "hc_id") {
                     $fields[$key2] = $value2;
                 }
+                if ($key2 == "level" && $value2 != "") {
+                    $level = true;
+                }
             }
             $fields["hc_name"] = $hc_name;
             if (testHostCategorieExistence($hc_name)) {
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ function multipleHostCategoriesInDB($hostcategories = array(), $nbrDup = array()
                 $pearDB->query($rq);
                 $DBRESULT = $pearDB->query("SELECT MAX(hc_id) FROM hostcategories");
                 $maxId = $DBRESULT->fetchRow();
-                if (isset($maxId["MAX(hc_id)"])) {
+                if (isset($maxId["MAX(hc_id)"]) && !$level) {
                     $hcAcl[$maxId["MAX(hc_id)"]] = $key;
                     $query = "SELECT DISTINCT hgr.host_host_id FROM hostcategories_relation hgr " .
                         "WHERE hgr.hostcategories_hc_id = '" . $key . "'";