diff --git a/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue b/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue
index f8ab62abd85e..5f8c4675ee5a 100644
--- a/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue
+++ b/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 				<ul class="scroller h-100">
 					<!-- Conversations List -->
 					<template v-if="!isSearching">
+						<Hint v-if="initialisedConversations && filteredConversationsList.length === 0" :hint="t('spreed', 'No matches found')" />
 						<li class="h-100">
 							<ConversationsListVirtual ref="scroller"
 								:conversations="filteredConversationsList"
@@ -128,7 +129,6 @@
 								class="h-100"
 								@scroll.native="debounceHandleScroll" />
 						</li>
-						<Hint v-if="initialisedConversations && filteredConversationsList.length === 0" :hint="t('spreed', 'No matches found')" />
 
 						<NcButton v-if="!preventFindingUnread && lastUnreadMentionBelowViewportIndex !== null"
 							class="unread-mention-button"