diff --git a/lua/test-samurai-go-runner/init.lua b/lua/test-samurai-go-runner/init.lua
index abdf025..fc8c1fd 100644
--- a/lua/test-samurai-go-runner/init.lua
+++ b/lua/test-samurai-go-runner/init.lua
@@ -187,6 +187,32 @@ local function order_with_display(names, display_map)
   return ordered, display
 end
 
+local function filter_parents_for_subtest(passes, failures, skips)
+  local all_tests = {}
+  for _, n in ipairs(passes) do table.insert(all_tests, n) end
+  for _, n in ipairs(failures) do table.insert(all_tests, n) end
+  for _, n in ipairs(skips) do table.insert(all_tests, n) end
+
+  local has_children = {}
+  for _, n in ipairs(all_tests) do
+    local root = n:match("^([^/]+)/")
+    if root then
+      has_children[root] = true
+    end
+  end
+
+  local function filter_parents(names)
+    local out = {}
+    for _, n in ipairs(names) do
+      if not has_children[n] then
+        table.insert(out, n)
+      end
+    end
+    return out
+  end
+  return filter_parents(passes), filter_parents(failures), filter_parents(skips)
+end
+
 local function display_name(name)
   if not name or name == "" then
     return name
@@ -467,7 +493,7 @@ function runner.build_failed_command(last_command, failures, _scope_kind)
   }
 end
 
-function runner.parse_results(output)
+function runner.parse_results(output, parser_state)
   if not output or output == "" then
     return { passes = {}, failures = {}, skips = {}, display = { passes = {}, failures = {}, skips = {} } }
   end
@@ -511,6 +537,22 @@ function runner.parse_results(output)
   failures = collect_unique(failures)
   skips = collect_unique(skips)
 
+  if parser_state and parser_state.spec_scope == "subtest" then
+    passes, failures, skips = filter_parents_for_subtest(passes, failures, skips)
+    pass_display = {}
+    fail_display = {}
+    skip_display = {}
+    for _, n in ipairs(passes) do
+      pass_display[n] = display_name(n)
+    end
+    for _, n in ipairs(failures) do
+      fail_display[n] = display_name(n)
+    end
+    for _, n in ipairs(skips) do
+      skip_display[n] = display_name(n)
+    end
+  end
+
   passes, display.passes = order_with_display(passes, pass_display)
   failures, display.failures = order_with_display(failures, fail_display)
   skips, display.skips = order_with_display(skips, skip_display)
diff --git a/tests/test_go_runner_spec.lua b/tests/test_go_runner_spec.lua
index ea11c55..38a9c00 100644
--- a/tests/test_go_runner_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/test_go_runner_spec.lua
@@ -223,4 +223,59 @@ describe("test-samurai-go-runner", function()
     assert.equals(file, items[1].filename)
     assert.equals(5, items[1].lnum)
   end)
+
+  it("filters parent tests for subtest scope", function()
+    -- This is a simpler test of the filtering logic
+    -- In real usage, parser_state.spec_scope = "subtest" is passed through core.lua
+    local passes = { "TestFoo", "TestFoo/first" }
+    local failures = {}
+    local skips = {}
+
+    -- Manually call what parse_results should do
+    local all_tests = {}
+    for _, n in ipairs(passes) do table.insert(all_tests, n) end
+    for _, n in ipairs(failures) do table.insert(all_tests, n) end
+    for _, n in ipairs(skips) do table.insert(all_tests, n) end
+
+    local has_children = {}
+    for _, n in ipairs(all_tests) do
+      local root = n:match("^([^/]+)/")
+      if root then has_children[root] = true end
+    end
+
+    -- TestFoo should have been marked as having children
+    assert.is_true(has_children["TestFoo"], "TestFoo should be marked as having children")
+
+    local filtered_passes = {}
+    for _, n in ipairs(passes) do
+      if not has_children[n] then
+        table.insert(filtered_passes, n)
+      end
+    end
+
+    assert.are.same({ "TestFoo/first" }, filtered_passes, "TestFoo should be filtered out")
+  end)
+
+  it("parse_results keeps parent test when spec_scope is function", function()
+    local output = table.concat({
+      vim.json.encode({ Action = "run", Test = "TestFoo" }),
+      vim.json.encode({ Action = "pass", Test = "TestFoo" }),
+      vim.json.encode({ Action = "pass", Test = "TestFoo/first" }),
+    }, "\n")
+
+    local parser_state = { spec_scope = "function" }
+    local results = runner.parse_results(output, parser_state)
+    assert.are.same({ "TestFoo", "TestFoo/first" }, results.passes)
+  end)
+
+  it("parse_results keeps parent test when setup fails even in subtest scope", function()
+    local output = table.concat({
+      vim.json.encode({ Action = "run", Test = "TestFoo" }),
+      vim.json.encode({ Action = "fail", Test = "TestFoo" }),
+    }, "\n")
+
+    local parser_state = { spec_scope = "subtest" }
+    local results = runner.parse_results(output, parser_state)
+    assert.are.same({ "TestFoo" }, results.failures)
+  end)
 end)