diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/ItemSearchFlatBrowsePane.java b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/ItemSearchFlatBrowsePane.java
index fb8f90ef2..26d975529 100644
--- a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/ItemSearchFlatBrowsePane.java
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/ItemSearchFlatBrowsePane.java
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public class ItemSearchFlatBrowsePane extends Form implements FormInitListener,
                 collection.set(state, session.retrieve(type.getClassName()));
             }
             ((DataCollection)collection.get(state)).addFilter("version = 'draft'");
+            ((DataCollection)collection.get(state)).addFilter("section is not null");
 
             final String query = (String) state.getValue(queryParam);
             if ((query != null) && !query.isEmpty()) {