diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index fbbdaef8266..39e85f50311 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ void BaseFileFind::readCommonSettings(QSettings *settings, const QString &defaul
         syncComboWithSettings(d->m_filterCombo, d->m_filterSetting);
 
     QStringList exclusionFilters = settings->value("exclusionFilters").toStringList();
-    if (exclusionFilters.isEmpty())
+    if (!exclusionFilters.contains(defaultExclusionFilter))
         exclusionFilters << defaultExclusionFilter;
     const QVariant currentExclusionFilter = settings->value("currentExclusionFilter");
     d->m_exclusionSetting = currentExclusionFilter.isValid() ? currentExclusionFilter.toString()
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/findinfiles.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/findinfiles.cpp
index 7d7c1efb5ca..8d461038700 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/findinfiles.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/findinfiles.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void FindInFiles::writeSettings(QSettings *settings)
 void FindInFiles::readSettings(QSettings *settings)
 {
     settings->beginGroup(QLatin1String("FindInFiles"));
-    readCommonSettings(settings, "*.cpp,*.h", "*/.git/*,*/.cvs/*,*/.svn/*");
+    readCommonSettings(settings, "*.cpp,*.h", "*/.git/*,*/.cvs/*,*/.svn/*,*.autosave");
     settings->endGroup();
 }