diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp
index 2fa8de0c0..db9b487b4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp
@@ -397,6 +397,19 @@ bool GroupTreeWidget::isSearchRequestResult(QPoint &point,QString& group_id,uint
 	return search_req_id > 0;
 }
 
+bool GroupTreeWidget::isSearchRequestResultItem(QTreeWidgetItem *item,QString& group_id,uint32_t& search_req_id)
+{
+	QTreeWidgetItem *parent = item->parent();
+
+	if(parent == NULL)
+		return false ;
+
+	search_req_id = parent->data(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_REQUEST_ID).toUInt();
+	group_id = itemId(item) ;
+
+	return search_req_id > 0;
+}
+
 bool GroupTreeWidget::isSearchRequestItem(QPoint &point,uint32_t& search_req_id)
 {
     QTreeWidgetItem *item = ui->treeWidget->itemAt(point);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h
index 9f8d0ccd4..5b40a9487 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public:
 
 	bool isSearchRequestItem(QPoint &point,uint32_t& search_req_id);
 	bool isSearchRequestResult(QPoint &point, QString &group_id, uint32_t& search_req_id);
+	bool isSearchRequestResultItem(QTreeWidgetItem *item,QString& group_id,uint32_t& search_req_id);
 
 	QTreeWidgetItem *getItemFromId(const QString &id);
 	QTreeWidgetItem *activateId(const QString &id, bool focus);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFrameDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFrameDialog.cpp
index 069b682ce..b7f3fcf20 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFrameDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFrameDialog.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "gui/RetroShareLink.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsGroupShareKey.h"
+#include "gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h"
 #include "gui/common/RSTreeWidget.h"
 #include "gui/notifyqt.h"
 #include "gui/common/UIStateHelper.h"
@@ -367,9 +368,10 @@ void GxsGroupFrameDialog::removeAllSearches()
 {
     for(auto it(mSearchGroupsItems.begin());it!=mSearchGroupsItems.end();++it)
     {
-		TurtleRequestId search_request_id = 0 ;
+        QString group_id;
+        TurtleRequestId search_request_id;
 
-		if(ui->groupTreeWidget->isSearchRequestItem(point,search_request_id))
+        if(ui->groupTreeWidget->isSearchRequestResultItem(it->second,group_id,search_request_id))
 			clearDistantSearchResults(search_request_id);
 
 		ui->groupTreeWidget->removeSearchItem(it->second) ;