diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
index 0c075418f7d..2d971a7747c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
@@ -693,6 +693,9 @@ const QList<FolderNode::LocationInfo> FolderNode::locationInfo() const
 
 QString FolderNode::addFileFilter() const
 {
+    if (!m_addFileFilter.isNull())
+        return m_addFileFilter;
+
     FolderNode *fn = parentFolderNode();
     return fn ? fn->addFileFilter() : QString();
 }
@@ -798,13 +801,6 @@ VirtualFolderNode::VirtualFolderNode(const Utils::FileName &folderPath) :
 {
 }
 
-QString VirtualFolderNode::addFileFilter() const
-{
-    if (!m_addFileFilter.isNull())
-        return m_addFileFilter;
-    return FolderNode::addFileFilter();
-}
-
 /*!
   \class ProjectExplorer::ProjectNode
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
index 6fc54bc2dee..415c06d5a80 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ public:
     void setLocationInfo(const QList<LocationInfo> &info);
     const QList<LocationInfo> locationInfo() const;
 
-    virtual QString addFileFilter() const;
+    QString addFileFilter() const;
+    void setAddFileFilter(const QString &filter) { m_addFileFilter = filter; }
 
     bool supportsAction(ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const override;
 
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     QString m_displayName;
+    QString m_addFileFilter;
     mutable QIcon m_icon;
 };
 
@@ -322,12 +324,6 @@ public:
 
     bool isFolderNodeType() const override { return false; }
     bool isVirtualFolderType() const override { return true; }
-
-    void setAddFileFilter(const QString &filter) { m_addFileFilter = filter; }
-    QString addFileFilter() const override;
-
-private:
-    QString m_addFileFilter;
 };
 
 // Documentation inside.
diff --git a/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
index 57db21346c3..6abb9146ca5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ public:
     PythonProjectNode(PythonProject *project);
 
     bool showInSimpleTree() const override;
-    QString addFileFilter() const override;
     bool supportsAction(ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const override;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *) override;
     bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *) override;
@@ -585,6 +584,7 @@ PythonProjectNode::PythonProjectNode(PythonProject *project)
     , m_project(project)
 {
     setDisplayName(project->projectFilePath().toFileInfo().completeBaseName());
+    setAddFileFilter("*.py");
 }
 
 QHash<QString, QStringList> sortFilesIntoPaths(const QString &base, const QSet<QString> &files)
@@ -616,11 +616,6 @@ bool PythonProjectNode::showInSimpleTree() const
     return true;
 }
 
-QString PythonProjectNode::addFileFilter() const
-{
-    return QLatin1String("*.py");
-}
-
 bool PythonProjectNode::supportsAction(ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const
 {
     if (node->isFileNodeType())  {
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
index 5631d9b630a..8431fa16fe2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ ResourceTopLevelNode::ResourceTopLevelNode(const FileName &filePath,
     setIcon(FileIconProvider::icon(filePath.toString()));
     setPriority(Node::DefaultFilePriority);
     setListInProject(true);
+    setAddFileFilter("*.png; *.jpg; *.gif; *.svg; *.ico; *.qml; *.qml.ui");
+
     if (!filePath.isEmpty()) {
         QFileInfo fi = filePath.toFileInfo();
         if (fi.isFile() && fi.isReadable()) {
@@ -384,11 +386,6 @@ void ResourceTopLevelNode::addInternalNodes()
     }
 }
 
-QString ResourceTopLevelNode::addFileFilter() const
-{
-    return QLatin1String("*.png; *.jpg; *.gif; *.svg; *.ico; *.qml; *.qml.ui");
-}
-
 bool ResourceTopLevelNode::supportsAction(ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const
 {
     if (node != this)
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
index edfd4cb8d03..9d38e3c6222 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ public:
 
     void addInternalNodes();
 
-    QString addFileFilter() const override;
-
     bool supportsAction(ProjectExplorer::ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const override;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded) override;
     bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved) override;