diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/dto/DefaultResultSetConfig.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/dto/DefaultResultSetConfig.java
index b562ed929b630f0ba8d53bae3dd7806cb9e91f41..ec9f3f428714772af9a459904753d96b7490a6e0 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/dto/DefaultResultSetConfig.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/dto/DefaultResultSetConfig.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class DefaultResultSetConfig<K, T> implements IResultSetConfig<K, T>, IsS
 
     private Set<IColumnDefinition<T>> availableColumns;
 
-    private GridFilters<T> filters;
+    private GridFilters<T> filters = GridFilters.createEmptyFilter();
 
     // null if no custom columns are needed
     private String gridDisplayIdOrNull;
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/CommonClientServiceTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/CommonClientServiceTest.java
index d81deeb44254f570375ca0f6b6a28e5e5b7b686c..950b03dfe8264615c0b3486ae6c9ad1a824bb9f3 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/CommonClientServiceTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/CommonClientServiceTest.java
@@ -381,9 +381,10 @@ public final class CommonClientServiceTest extends AbstractClientServiceTest
                 }
             });
 
+        DefaultResultSetConfig<String, ExternalData> resultSetConfig =
+                DefaultResultSetConfig.createFetchAll();
         ResultSetWithEntityTypes<ExternalData> resultSet =
-                commonClientService.listExperimentDataSets(experimentId,
-                        new DefaultResultSetConfig<String, ExternalData>());
+                commonClientService.listExperimentDataSets(experimentId, resultSetConfig);
         List<ExternalData> list = resultSet.getResultSet().getList().extractOriginalObjects();
         assertEquals(1, list.size());
         ExternalData data = list.get(0);