diff --git a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
index 13f74cba9b6..aef5e90f37c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ export abstract class BaseItemDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<Item>
    * @param linksToFollow List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which
    *                      {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
-  public findItemsWithEdit(options: FindListOptions, useCachedVersionIfAvailable = true, reRequestOnStale = true, ...linksToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<Item>[]): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>> {
+  public findItemsWithEdit(query: string, options: FindListOptions, useCachedVersionIfAvailable = true, reRequestOnStale = true, ...linksToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<Item>[]): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>> {
+    options = { ...options, searchParams: [new RequestParam('query', query)] };
     return this.searchBy('findItemsWithEdit', options, useCachedVersionIfAvailable, reRequestOnStale );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.ts
index 0c799369efd..c47931d4da1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.ts
@@ -171,9 +171,10 @@ export class DSOSelectorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             if (rd.hasSucceeded) {
               // If it's the first page and no query is entered, add the current DSO to the start of the list
               // If no query is entered, filter out the current DSO from the results, as it'll be displayed at the start of the list already
+              const part1 = ((isEmpty(query) && page === 1) ? currentDSOResult.page : []);
+              const part2 = rd.payload.page.filter((result) => isNotEmpty(query) || result.indexableObject.id !== this.currentDSOId);
               rd.payload.page = [
-                ...((isEmpty(query) && page === 1) ? currentDSOResult.page : []),
-                ...rd.payload.page.filter((result) => isNotEmpty(query) || result.indexableObject.id !== this.currentDSOId)
+                ...part1, ...part2
               ];
             } else if (rd.hasFailed) {
               this.notifcationsService.error(this.translate.instant('dso-selector.error.title', { type: this.typesString }), rd.errorMessage);
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/editable-item-selector/editable-item-selector.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/editable-item-selector/editable-item-selector.component.ts
index e8cdea6de4b..25ed722c9e5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/editable-item-selector/editable-item-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/editable-item-selector/editable-item-selector.component.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class EditableItemSelectorComponent extends DSOSelectorComponent {
       currentPage: page,
       elementsPerPage: this.defaultPagination.pageSize
     };
-    return this.itemDataService.findItemsWithEdit(findOptions, false, false, followLink('owningCollection')).pipe(
+    return this.itemDataService.findItemsWithEdit(query, findOptions, true, true, followLink('owningCollection')).pipe(
       getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
       tap((rdata) => console.log('TAPPEDITAP:', rdata)), // XXX
       mapRemoteDataPayload((payload) => hasValue(payload)