diff --git a/js/ui/search.js b/js/ui/search.js
index 16ec4d2eb..2dcfcb994 100644
--- a/js/ui/search.js
+++ b/js/ui/search.js
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ const GridSearchResult = new Lang.Class({
 
         if (!dragSource)
             // not exactly right, but alignment problems are hard to notice
-            dragSource = content;
+            dragSource = content.actor;
         this._dragActorSource = dragSource;
     },