diff --git a/editor/tree_search.cpp b/editor/tree_search.cpp
index e798460..159343b 100644
--- a/editor/tree_search.cpp
+++ b/editor/tree_search.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ void TreeSearch::_clean_callable_cache() {
 
 void TreeSearch::_filter_tree() {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(!tree_reference);
+	if (matching_entries.is_empty()) {
+		return;
+	}
 	_filter_tree(tree_reference->get_root(), false);
 }