diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Category/DepthCalculator.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Category/DepthCalculator.php
index dbe58a9c77cd0..b5d02511da4e7 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Category/DepthCalculator.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Category/DepthCalculator.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public function calculate(FieldNode $fieldNode) : int
         $depth = count($selections) ? 1 : 0;
         $childrenDepth = [0];
         foreach ($selections as $node) {
-            if ($node->kind === 'InlineFragment') {
+            if ($node->kind === 'InlineFragment' || null !== $node->alias) {
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php
index cbce53325e9e6..dc3b348c2706e 100644
--- a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Magento\GraphQl\Catalog;
 
 use Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\CategoryInterface;
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\CategoryRepository;
 use Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Category\Collection as CategoryCollection;
 use Magento\Framework\DataObject;
 use Magento\TestFramework\TestCase\GraphQl\ResponseContainsErrorsException;
@@ -23,9 +24,15 @@ class CategoryTest extends GraphQlAbstract
      */
     private $objectManager;
 
+    /**
+     * @var CategoryRepository
+     */
+    private $categoryRepository;
+
     protected function setUp()
     {
         $this->objectManager = \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap::getObjectManager();
+        $this->categoryRepository = $this->objectManager->get(CategoryRepository::class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -103,6 +110,42 @@ public function testCategoriesTree()
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @magentoApiDataFixture Magento/Catalog/_files/categories.php
+     */
+    public function testCategoriesTreeWithDisabledCategory()
+    {
+        $category = $this->categoryRepository->get(3);
+        $category->setIsActive(false);
+        $this->categoryRepository->save($category);
+
+        $rootCategoryId = 2;
+        $query = <<<QUERY
+{
+  category(id: {$rootCategoryId}) {
+      id
+      name
+      level
+      description
+      children {
+        id
+        name
+        productImagePreview: products(pageSize: 1) {
+            items {
+                id
+                } 
+            }
+      }
+    }
+}
+QUERY;
+        $response = $this->graphQlQuery($query);
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('category', $response);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('children', $response['category']);
+        $this->assertSame(6, count($response['category']['children']));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @magentoApiDataFixture Magento/Catalog/_files/categories.php
      */