diff --git a/packages/x-data-grid-premium/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPremium.test.tsx b/packages/x-data-grid-premium/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPremium.test.tsx
index 88bb7b1dd69e..69a67346684e 100644
--- a/packages/x-data-grid-premium/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPremium.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/x-data-grid-premium/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPremium.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { act, createRenderer, fireEvent } from '@mui/internal-test-utils';
 import { getCell } from 'test/utils/helperFn';
+import { spy } from 'sinon';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import {
   DataGridPremium,
@@ -68,6 +69,19 @@ describe('<DataGridPremium /> - Row selection', () => {
       );
     }
 
+    it('should auto select parents when controlling row selection model', () => {
+      const onRowSelectionModelChange = spy();
+      render(
+        <Test rowSelectionModel={[3, 4]} onRowSelectionModelChange={onRowSelectionModelChange} />,
+      );
+
+      expect(onRowSelectionModelChange.lastCall.args[0]).to.deep.equal([
+        3,
+        4,
+        'auto-generated-row-category1/Cat B',
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it('should select all the children when selecting a parent', () => {
       render(<Test />);
 
diff --git a/packages/x-data-grid-pro/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPro.test.tsx b/packages/x-data-grid-pro/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPro.test.tsx
index ad5d41c588c7..c9e93334b13a 100644
--- a/packages/x-data-grid-pro/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPro.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/x-data-grid-pro/src/tests/rowSelection.DataGridPro.test.tsx
@@ -534,6 +534,18 @@ describe('<DataGridPro /> - Row selection', () => {
       );
     }
 
+    it('should not auto select parents when controlling row selection model', () => {
+      const onRowSelectionModelChange = spy();
+      render(
+        <SelectionPropagationGrid
+          rowSelectionModel={[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}
+          onRowSelectionModelChange={onRowSelectionModelChange}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      expect(onRowSelectionModelChange.callCount).to.equal(0);
+    });
+
     it('should select the parent only when selecting it', () => {
       render(<SelectionPropagationGrid />);
 
@@ -695,6 +707,19 @@ describe('<DataGridPro /> - Row selection', () => {
       );
     }
 
+    it('should auto select parents when controlling row selection model', () => {
+      const onRowSelectionModelChange = spy();
+      render(
+        <SelectionPropagationGrid
+          rowSelectionModel={[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}
+          onRowSelectionModelChange={onRowSelectionModelChange}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      expect(onRowSelectionModelChange.callCount).to.equal(2); // Dev mode calls twice
+      expect(onRowSelectionModelChange.lastCall.args[0]).to.deep.equal([2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1]);
+    });
+
     it('should select the parent only when selecting it', () => {
       render(<SelectionPropagationGrid />);
 
diff --git a/packages/x-data-grid/src/hooks/features/rowSelection/useGridRowSelection.ts b/packages/x-data-grid/src/hooks/features/rowSelection/useGridRowSelection.ts
index 7fc8dd13d2cc..2b67af5958ab 100644
--- a/packages/x-data-grid/src/hooks/features/rowSelection/useGridRowSelection.ts
+++ b/packages/x-data-grid/src/hooks/features/rowSelection/useGridRowSelection.ts
@@ -450,12 +450,8 @@ export const useGridRowSelection = (
   /*
    * EVENTS
    */
-  const isFirstRender = React.useRef(true);
   const removeOutdatedSelection = React.useCallback(
     (sortModelUpdated = false) => {
-      if (isFirstRender.current) {
-        return;
-      }
       const currentSelection = gridRowSelectionStateSelector(apiRef.current.state);
       const rowsLookup = gridRowsLookupSelector(apiRef);
       const filteredRowsLookup = gridFilteredRowsLookupSelector(apiRef);
@@ -786,10 +782,4 @@ export const useGridRowSelection = (
   React.useEffect(() => {
     runIfRowSelectionIsEnabled(removeOutdatedSelection);
   }, [removeOutdatedSelection, runIfRowSelectionIsEnabled]);
-
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (isFirstRender.current) {
-      isFirstRender.current = false;
-    }
-  }, []);
 };