diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/multi_select_dialog.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/multi_select_dialog.js
index 1098b016e7..0d8d2caca1 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/multi_select_dialog.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/multi_select_dialog.js
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.MultiSelectDialog = Class.extend({
 
 		// Make empty result set if filter is set
 		if (!frappe.flags.auto_scroll) {
-			this.$results.splice(1, this.$results.length);
+			this.empty_list();
 		}
 
 		if(results.length === 0) {