diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c b/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c
index 1b5a31be96..b80af31b1f 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ static void
 queue_if_local (SearchThreadData *data,
                 GFile            *file)
 {
-  if (!_gtk_file_consider_as_remote (file))
+  if (!_gtk_file_consider_as_remote (file) &&
+      !g_file_has_uri_scheme (file, "recent"))
     g_queue_push_tail (data->directories, g_object_ref (file));
 }