diff --git a/website_sale_hide_empty_category/models/product_public_category.py b/website_sale_hide_empty_category/models/product_public_category.py
index 4fe72303da..aeaf1fef2a 100644
--- a/website_sale_hide_empty_category/models/product_public_category.py
+++ b/website_sale_hide_empty_category/models/product_public_category.py
@@ -16,12 +16,27 @@ class ProductPublicCategory(models.Model):
     @api.depends("product_tmpl_ids", "child_id.has_product_recursive")
     @api.depends_context("website_id")
     def _compute_has_product_recursive(self):
-        for category in self:
-            website = self.env["website"].get_current_website()
-            website_domain = website.sale_product_domain()
-            has_products = bool(
-                category.product_tmpl_ids.filtered_domain(website_domain)
-            )
-            category.has_product_recursive = has_products or any(
-                child.has_product_recursive for child in category.child_id
+        website = self.env["website"].get_current_website()
+        website_domain = website.sale_product_domain()
+        data = self.env["product.template"]._read_group(
+            domain=website_domain,
+            groupby=["public_categ_ids"],
+        )
+        used_category_ids = set()
+        for group in data:
+            category = group[0]
+            if not category or (category.website_id and category.website_id != website):
+                continue
+            used_category_ids.update(
+                int(category_id)
+                for category_id in category.parent_path.split("/")
+                if category_id
             )
+        # TODO: Filter categories before split in c to avoid cache because compute is
+        #  called with only one category
+        categories = self.search(website.website_domain()) | self
+        self.env.cache.update_raw(
+            categories,
+            self._fields["has_product_recursive"],
+            [category.id in used_category_ids for category in categories],
+        )