diff --git a/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc b/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc
index 3a92a55f7..a55e1b6f7 100644
--- a/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc
+++ b/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc
@@ -639,7 +639,12 @@ int ThumbBrowserBase::getEffectiveHeight() {
 		Glib::Mutex::Lock lock(entryMutex);
 		#endif
 
-        if (fd.size()>0) h+=fd[0]->getEffectiveHeight();
+        // Filtered items do not change in size, so take a non-filtered
+        for (int i=0;i<fd.size();i++)
+            if (!fd[i]->filtered) {
+                h+=fd[i]->getEffectiveHeight();
+                break;
+            }
 	}
 
     return h;