diff --git a/event_reporter/reporter/application_errors_parser.go b/event_reporter/reporter/application_errors_parser.go
index 9b2ccaf22e4fd..5c52d1a5cfde8 100644
--- a/event_reporter/reporter/application_errors_parser.go
+++ b/event_reporter/reporter/application_errors_parser.go
@@ -135,31 +135,44 @@ func parseAggregativeHealthErrors(rs *appv1.ResourceStatus, apptree *appv1.Appli
 	childNodes := n.GetAllChildNodes(apptree, "")
 
 	for _, cn := range childNodes {
-		if cn.Health != nil && cn.Health.Status == health.HealthStatusDegraded {
-			newErr := events.ObjectError{
-				Type:     "health",
-				Level:    "error",
-				Message:  cn.Health.Message,
-				LastSeen: *cn.CreatedAt,
-			}
-
-			if addReference {
-				newErr.SourceReference = &events.ErrorSourceReference{
-					Group:     rs.Group,
-					Version:   rs.Version,
-					Kind:      rs.Kind,
-					Namespace: rs.Namespace,
-					Name:      rs.Name,
-				}
-			}
+		if newErr := getNodeHealthError(cn, rs, addReference); newErr != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, newErr)
+		}
+	}
 
-			errs = append(errs, &newErr)
+	if len(errs) == 0 {
+		if newErr := getNodeHealthError(*n, rs, addReference); newErr != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, newErr)
 		}
 	}
 
 	return errs
 }
 
+func getNodeHealthError(node appv1.ResourceNode, managedResource *appv1.ResourceStatus, addReference bool) *events.ObjectError {
+	if node.Health == nil || node.Health.Status != health.HealthStatusDegraded {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	newErr := &events.ObjectError{
+		Type:     "health",
+		Level:    "error",
+		Message:  node.Health.Message,
+		LastSeen: *node.CreatedAt,
+	}
+
+	if addReference {
+		newErr.SourceReference = &events.ErrorSourceReference{
+			Group:     managedResource.Group,
+			Version:   managedResource.Version,
+			Kind:      managedResource.Kind,
+			Namespace: managedResource.Namespace,
+			Name:      managedResource.Name,
+		}
+	}
+	return newErr
+}
+
 func parseAggregativeResourcesSyncErrors(resourceResults appv1.ResourceResults) []*events.ObjectError {
 	var errs []*events.ObjectError
 
diff --git a/event_reporter/reporter/applications_errors_parser_test.go b/event_reporter/reporter/applications_errors_parser_test.go
index bb05f67e04fcc..60a820f0fba05 100644
--- a/event_reporter/reporter/applications_errors_parser_test.go
+++ b/event_reporter/reporter/applications_errors_parser_test.go
@@ -336,4 +336,81 @@ func TestParseAggregativeHealthErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotNil(t, errs[0].SourceReference)
 		assert.Equal(t, deployRef.Name, errs[0].SourceReference.Name)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("should build error from root node if it's degraded while no one of child in degraded health state", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rsName := "test-deployment"
+		ns := "test"
+		errMessage := "backoff pulling image test/test:0.1"
+		replicaSetRef := v1alpha1.ResourceRef{
+			Group:     "g",
+			Version:   "v",
+			Kind:      "ReplicaSet",
+			Name:      rsName + "1",
+			Namespace: ns,
+		}
+
+		deploymentRef := v1alpha1.ResourceRef{
+			Group:     "g",
+			Version:   "v",
+			Kind:      "Deployment",
+			Name:      rsName,
+			Namespace: ns,
+		}
+
+		appTree := v1alpha1.ApplicationTree{
+			Nodes: []v1alpha1.ResourceNode{
+				{ // Pod
+					ResourceRef: v1alpha1.ResourceRef{
+						Group:     "g",
+						Version:   "v",
+						Kind:      "Pod",
+						Name:      rsName + "1-3n235j5",
+						Namespace: ns,
+					},
+					Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
+						Status:  health.HealthStatusProgressing,
+						Message: "some error of pod",
+					},
+					ParentRefs: []v1alpha1.ResourceRef{replicaSetRef},
+					CreatedAt: &metav1.Time{
+						Time: time.Now(),
+					},
+				},
+				{ // ReplicaSet
+					ResourceRef: replicaSetRef,
+					Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
+						Status:  health.HealthStatusProgressing,
+						Message: "",
+					},
+					ParentRefs: []v1alpha1.ResourceRef{deploymentRef},
+					CreatedAt: &metav1.Time{
+						Time: time.Now(),
+					},
+				},
+				{ // Deployment
+					ResourceRef: deploymentRef,
+					Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
+						Status:  health.HealthStatusDegraded,
+						Message: errMessage,
+					},
+					ParentRefs: []v1alpha1.ResourceRef{},
+					CreatedAt: &metav1.Time{
+						Time: time.Now(),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		errs := parseAggregativeHealthErrors(&v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
+			Group:     deploymentRef.Group,
+			Version:   deploymentRef.Version,
+			Kind:      deploymentRef.Kind,
+			Name:      deploymentRef.Name,
+			Namespace: deploymentRef.Namespace,
+		}, &appTree, true)
+		assert.Len(t, errs, 1)
+		assert.Equal(t, errMessage, errs[0].Message)
+		assert.NotNil(t, errs[0].SourceReference)
+		assert.Equal(t, deploymentRef.Name, errs[0].SourceReference.Name)
+	})
 }