nnn.c | 10 ++++++++--

diff --git a/nnn.c b/nnn.c
index 402ee5820b54a9ac61b99e6cd200fc9d65c41812..588d582e8287391046f5b20736b58ebc3285ecb8 100644
--- a/nnn.c
+++ b/nnn.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@
 /*
  * Move non-matching entries to the end
  */
-static void
+static int
 fill(struct entry **dents, int (*filter)(regex_t *, char *), regex_t *re)
 {
 	static int count;
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return ndents;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1082,8 +1084,10 @@ 	/* Search filter */
 	if (setfilter(&re, fltr) != 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	fill(&dents, visible, &re);
+	ndents = fill(&dents, visible, &re);
 	regfree(&re);
+	if (ndents == 0)
+		return 0;
 
 	qsort(dents, ndents, sizeof(*dents), entrycmp);
 
@@ -2224,6 +2228,8 @@ #endif
 
 	ndents = dentfill(path, &dents, visible, &re);
 	regfree(&re);
+	if (ndents == 0)
+		return 0;
 
 	qsort(dents, ndents, sizeof(*dents), entrycmp);