diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rdoc b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
index 327d933..623f067 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rdoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ KalibroProcessor is the processing web service for Mezuro.
 
 == Unreleased
 
+* Improve ModuleResults tree pre_order retrieval performance
 * Fix possible inconsistency in module result creation (lack of transaction)
 * Improve acceptance tests by fixing small bugs and adding processing times
 * Introduce performance tests for Aggregator
diff --git a/app/models/module_result.rb b/app/models/module_result.rb
index 25c785a..7cbd94e 100644
--- a/app/models/module_result.rb
+++ b/app/models/module_result.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ def to_json(options={})
   end
 
   def pre_order
-    root = self
-    root = root.parent until root.parent.nil?
-    @pre_order ||= pre_order_traverse(root).to_a
+    return @pre_order unless @pre_order.nil?
+    return processing.root_module_result.pre_order unless parent.nil?
+
+    @pre_order = pre_order_traverse(self).to_a
   end
 
   def descendants
diff --git a/spec/models/module_result_spec.rb b/spec/models/module_result_spec.rb
index 8ae6dbb..15f0686 100644
--- a/spec/models/module_result_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/module_result_spec.rb
@@ -164,11 +164,15 @@
       context 'when it is not the root module result' do
         let!(:root) { FactoryGirl.build(:module_result, id: 1)}
         let!(:child) { FactoryGirl.build(:module_result, id: 2)}
+        let!(:processing) { FactoryGirl.build(:processing, root_module_result: root)}
+
         before :each do
-          child.expects(:parent).twice.returns(root)
+          child.expects(:parent).returns(root)
+          child.expects(:processing).returns(processing)
           root.expects(:parent).returns(nil)
           root.expects(:children).returns([child])
         end
+
         it 'is expected to return the complete pre order tree traversal (from root)' do
           expect(child.pre_order).to eq([root, child])
         end