diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
index a5be655a1..cac9310d1 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
@@ -490,9 +490,9 @@ func (self *RefreshHelper) refreshBranches(refreshWorktrees bool, keepBranchSele
 		self.refreshView(self.c.Contexts().Worktrees)
 	}
 
-	self.refreshView(self.c.Contexts().Branches)
-
 	if !keepBranchSelectionIndex && prevSelectedBranch != nil {
+		self.searchHelper.ReApplyFilter(self.c.Contexts().Branches)
+
 		_, idx, found := lo.FindIndexOf(self.c.Contexts().Branches.GetItems(),
 			func(b *models.Branch) bool { return b.Name == prevSelectedBranch.Name })
 		if found {
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ func (self *RefreshHelper) refreshBranches(refreshWorktrees bool, keepBranchSele
 		}
 	}
 
+	self.refreshView(self.c.Contexts().Branches)
+
 	// Need to re-render the commits view because the visualization of local
 	// branch heads might have changed
 	self.c.Mutexes().LocalCommitsMutex.Lock()