diff --git a/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp b/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp
index be15ab7b988647ba937ce39628c7b414b02b8157..49d80a02491011d42f532e2966e6234c07357a16 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp
@@ -561,7 +561,9 @@ void LLFolderView::addToSelectionList(LLFolderViewItem* item)
 
 void LLFolderView::removeFromSelectionList(LLFolderViewItem* item)
 {
-	if (mSelectedItems.size())
+	// If items are filtered while background fetch is in progress
+	// scrollbar resets to the first filtered item. See EXT-3981.
+	if (!LLInventoryModelBackgroundFetch::instance().backgroundFetchActive() && mSelectedItems.size())
 	{
 		mSelectedItems.back()->setIsCurSelection(FALSE);
 	}