diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserview.cpp
index 0e13521206a..015b76630c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserview.cpp
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ void MaterialBrowserView::refreshModel(bool updateImages)
         }
     }
 
+    m_widget->clearSearchFilter();
     m_widget->materialBrowserModel()->setMaterials(materials, m_hasQuick3DImport);
 
     if (updateImages) {