diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index 59ca49727..587960c7b 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ const BaseAppView = new Lang.Class({
             let id = this._getItemId(this._allItems[i]);
             if (!id)
                 continue;
-            this._grid.addItem(this._items[id].actor);
+            this._grid.addItem(this._items[id]);
         }
 
         this.emit('view-loaded');
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ const FrequentView = new Lang.Class({
             if (!mostUsed[i].get_app_info().should_show())
                 continue;
             let appIcon = new AppIcon(mostUsed[i]);
-            this._grid.addItem(appIcon.actor, -1);
+            this._grid.addItem(appIcon, -1);
         }
     },
 
@@ -862,10 +862,9 @@ const AppSearchProvider = new Lang.Class({
         app.open_new_window(workspace);
     },
 
-    createResultActor: function (resultMeta, terms) {
+    createResultObject: function (resultMeta, terms) {
         let app = resultMeta['id'];
-        let icon = new AppIcon(app);
-        return icon.actor;
+        return new AppIcon(app);
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/js/ui/iconGrid.js b/js/ui/iconGrid.js
index bcadffa01..d22b4cf1a 100644
--- a/js/ui/iconGrid.js
+++ b/js/ui/iconGrid.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ const IconGrid = new Lang.Class({
 
         this.actor = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'icon-grid',
                                         vertical: true });
-
+        this._items = [];
         // Pulled from CSS, but hardcode some defaults here
         this._spacing = 0;
         this._hItemSize = this._vItemSize = ICON_SIZE;
@@ -406,14 +406,21 @@ const IconGrid = new Lang.Class({
     },
 
     removeAll: function() {
+        this._items = [];
         this._grid.destroy_all_children();
     },
 
-    addItem: function(actor, index) {
+    addItem: function(item, index) {
+        if (!item.icon || !item.icon instanceof BaseIcon) {
+            log('Only items with a BaseIcon icon property can be added to IconGrid');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this._items.push(item);
         if (index !== undefined)
-            this._grid.insert_child_at_index(actor, index);
+            this._grid.insert_child_at_index(item.actor, index);
         else
-            this._grid.add_actor(actor);
+            this._grid.add_actor(item.actor);
     },
 
     getItemAtIndex: function(index) {
diff --git a/js/ui/searchDisplay.js b/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
index 9d47e44ec..72aa13194 100644
--- a/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
@@ -126,23 +126,25 @@ const GridSearchResult = new Lang.Class({
 
         this.actor.style_class = 'grid-search-result';
 
-        let content = provider.createResultActor(metaInfo, terms);
+        let content = provider.createResultObject(metaInfo, terms);
         let dragSource = null;
 
         if (content == null) {
-            content = new St.Bin();
+            let actor = new St.Bin();
             let icon = new IconGrid.BaseIcon(this.metaInfo['name'],
                                              { createIcon: this.metaInfo['createIcon'] });
-            content.set_child(icon.actor);
-            content.label_actor = icon.label;
+            actor.set_child(icon.actor);
+            actor.label_actor = icon.label;
             dragSource = icon.icon;
+            content = { actor: actor, icon: icon };
         } else {
             if (content._delegate && content._delegate.getDragActorSource)
                 dragSource = content._delegate.getDragActorSource();
         }
 
-        this.actor.set_child(content);
-        this.actor.label_actor = content.label_actor;
+        this.actor.set_child(content.actor);
+        this.actor.label_actor = content.actor.label_actor;
+        this.icon = content.icon;
 
         let draggable = DND.makeDraggable(this.actor);
         draggable.connect('drag-begin',
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ const GridSearchResults = new Lang.Class({
         for (let i = 0; i < metas.length; i++) {
             let display = new GridSearchResult(this.provider, metas[i], this._terms);
             display.actor.connect('key-focus-in', Lang.bind(this, this._keyFocusIn));
-            this._grid.addItem(display.actor);
+            this._grid.addItem(display);
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/js/ui/wanda.js b/js/ui/wanda.js
index 713f4cdca..731a63109 100644
--- a/js/ui/wanda.js
+++ b/js/ui/wanda.js
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ const WandaSearchProvider = new Lang.Class({
         this._dialog = new FortuneDialog(capitalize(fish), FISH_COMMAND);
     },
 
-    createResultActor: function (resultMeta, terms) {
-        let icon = new WandaIconBin(resultMeta.id, resultMeta.name);
-        return icon.actor;
+    createResultObject: function (resultMeta, terms) {
+        return new WandaIconBin(resultMeta.id, resultMeta.name);
     }
 });