--- a/mobile/android/base/awesomebar/AllPagesTab.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/awesomebar/AllPagesTab.java
@@ -120,16 +120,20 @@ public class AllPagesTab extends Awesome
         if (cursor != null)
             cursor.close();
     }
 
     public void filter(String searchTerm) {
         AwesomeBarCursorAdapter adapter = getCursorAdapter();
         adapter.filter(searchTerm);
 
+        filterSuggestions(searchTerm);
+    }
+
+    private void filterSuggestions(String searchTerm) {
         // cancel previous query
         if (mSuggestTask != null) {
             mSuggestTask.cancel(true);
         }
 
         if (mSuggestClient != null) {
             mSuggestTask = new AsyncTask<String, Void, ArrayList<String>>() {
                  protected ArrayList<String> doInBackground(String... query) {
@@ -472,17 +476,17 @@ public class AllPagesTab extends Awesome
                 } else {
                     mSearchEngines.add(new SearchEngine(name, icon));
                 }
             }
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             Log.e(LOGTAG, "Error getting search engine JSON", e);
         }
 
-        filter(mSearchTerm);
+        filterSuggestions(mSearchTerm);
     }
 
     private Drawable getDrawableFromDataURI(String dataURI) {
         String base64 = dataURI.substring(dataURI.indexOf(',') + 1);
         Drawable drawable = null;
         try {
             byte[] bytes = GeckoAppShell.decodeBase64(base64, GeckoAppShell.BASE64_DEFAULT);
             ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);