diff --git a/app/core/gimpfilteredcontainer.c b/app/core/gimpfilteredcontainer.c
index 01f94dc2b9..dbf040f8d4 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpfilteredcontainer.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpfilteredcontainer.c
@@ -188,12 +188,18 @@ gimp_filtered_container_set_property (GObject      *object,
                                       GParamSpec   *pspec)
 {
   GimpFilteredContainer *filtered_container = GIMP_FILTERED_CONTAINER (object);
+  gint                   freeze_count;
 
   switch (property_id)
     {
     case PROP_SRC_CONTAINER:
       filtered_container->src_container = g_value_dup_object (value);
 
+      freeze_count = gimp_container_freeze_count (filtered_container->src_container);
+      while (freeze_count-- > 0)
+        gimp_filtered_container_src_freeze (filtered_container->src_container,
+                                            filtered_container);
+
       g_signal_connect (filtered_container->src_container, "notify::sort-func",
                         G_CALLBACK (gimp_filtered_container_src_sort_func),
                         filtered_container);