diff --git a/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-product.php b/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-product.php
index 2354b12fbfd..52c032dd021 100644
--- a/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-product.php
+++ b/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-product.php
@@ -222,15 +222,17 @@ class WC_Product {
 	 */
 	public function get_total_stock() {
 		if ( empty( $this->total_stock ) ) {
-			$this->total_stock = max( 0, $this->get_stock_quantity() );
-
 			if ( sizeof( $this->get_children() ) > 0 ) {
+				$this->total_stock = max( 0, $this->get_stock_quantity() );
+
 				foreach ( $this->get_children() as $child_id ) {
 					if ( 'yes' === get_post_meta( $child_id, '_manage_stock', true ) ) {
 						$stock = get_post_meta( $child_id, '_stock', true );
 						$this->total_stock += max( 0, wc_stock_amount( $stock ) );
 					}
 				}
+			} else {
+				$this->total_stock = $this->get_stock_quantity();
 			}
 		}
 		return wc_stock_amount( $this->total_stock );
diff --git a/includes/admin/class-wc-admin-post-types.php b/includes/admin/class-wc-admin-post-types.php
index 36c22214e6a..d616301ecaa 100644
--- a/includes/admin/class-wc-admin-post-types.php
+++ b/includes/admin/class-wc-admin-post-types.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class WC_Admin_Post_Types {
 			$columns['sku'] = __( 'SKU', 'woocommerce' );
 		}
 
-		if ( 'yes' == get_option( 'woocommerce_manage_stock' ) ) {
+		if ( 'yes' === get_option( 'woocommerce_manage_stock' ) ) {
 			$columns['is_in_stock'] = __( 'Stock', 'woocommerce' );
 		}
 
@@ -395,19 +395,18 @@ class WC_Admin_Post_Types {
 				echo '</a>';
 				break;
 			case 'is_in_stock' :
-
 				if ( $the_product->is_in_stock() ) {
 					echo '<mark class="instock">' . __( 'In stock', 'woocommerce' ) . '</mark>';
 				} else {
 					echo '<mark class="outofstock">' . __( 'Out of stock', 'woocommerce' ) . '</mark>';
 				}
 
-				if ( $the_product->managing_stock() ) {
-					echo ' &times; ' . $the_product->get_total_stock();
+				// If the product has children, a single stock level would be misleading as some could be -ve and some +ve, some managed/some unmanaged etc so hide stock level in this case.
+				if ( $the_product->managing_stock() && ! sizeof( $the_product->get_children() ) ) {
+					echo ' (' . $the_product->get_total_stock() . ')';
 				}
 
 				break;
-
 			default :
 				break;
 		}