diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/attendees/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/attendees/index.html
index b4854ba88..f6b888db5 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/attendees/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/attendees/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% block title %}{% trans "Attendees" %}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
     <h1>{% trans "Attendees" %}</h1>
-    {% if attendees|length == 0 %}
+    {% if not filtered and attendees|length == 0 %}
         <div class="empty-collection">
             <p>
                 {% blocktrans trimmed %}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/index.html
index cc300d66f..aaba2ae3d 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% block title %}{% trans "Orders" %}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
     <h1>{% trans "Orders" %}</h1>
-    {% if questions|length == 0 %}
+    {% if not filtered and orders|length == 0 %}
         <div class="empty-collection">
             <p>
                 {% blocktrans trimmed %}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/attendees.py b/src/pretix/control/views/attendees.py
index 3330eeb9f..1f653de12 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/attendees.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/attendees.py
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ class AttendeeList(EventPermissionRequiredMixin, ListView):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         ctx = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         ctx['items'] = Item.objects.filter(event=self.request.event, admission=True)
+        ctx['filtered'] = ("status" in self.request.GET or "item" in self.request.GET)
         return ctx
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py b/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
index 356c4fb3e..266f81c04 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class OrderList(EventPermissionRequiredMixin, ListView):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         ctx = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         ctx['items'] = Item.objects.filter(event=self.request.event)
+        ctx['filtered'] = ("status" in self.request.GET or "item" in self.request.GET or "user" in self.request.GET)
         return ctx
 
 
diff --git a/src/tests/control/test_items.py b/src/tests/control/test_items.py
index e24135a53..1f0613aea 100644
--- a/src/tests/control/test_items.py
+++ b/src/tests/control/test_items.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class CategoriesTest(ItemFormTest):
         ))
         self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("btn-danger").click()
         self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("alert-success")
-        self.assertNotIn("Entry tickets", self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#page-wrapper table").text)
+        self.assertNotIn("Entry tickets", self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#page-wrapper").text)
         assert not ItemCategory.objects.filter(id=c.id).exists()
 
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class QuestionsTest(ItemFormTest):
         ))
         self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("btn-danger").click()
         self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("alert-success")
-        self.assertNotIn("shoe size", self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#page-wrapper table").text)
+        self.assertNotIn("shoe size", self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#page-wrapper").text)
         assert not Question.objects.filter(id=c.id).exists()
 
 
@@ -186,5 +186,5 @@ class QuotaTest(ItemFormTest):
         ))
         self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("btn-danger").click()
         self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("alert-success")
-        self.assertNotIn("Full house", self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#page-wrapper table").text)
+        self.assertNotIn("Full house", self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#page-wrapper").text)
         assert not Quota.objects.filter(id=c.id).exists()