diff --git a/src/ui/components/results/resultscomponent.js b/src/ui/components/results/resultscomponent.js
index 12f0dfbe1..ecc726708 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/results/resultscomponent.js
+++ b/src/ui/components/results/resultscomponent.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default class ResultsComponent extends Component {
 
   setState (data, val) {
     const searchState = data.searchState || SearchStates.PRE_SEARCH;
-    return super.setState(Object.assign({}, data, {
+    return super.setState(Object.assign({ results: [] }, data, {
       isPreSearch: searchState === SearchStates.PRE_SEARCH,
       isSearchLoading: searchState === SearchStates.SEARCH_LOADING,
       isSearchComplete: searchState === SearchStates.SEARCH_COMPLETE,
diff --git a/src/ui/components/results/universalresultscomponent.js b/src/ui/components/results/universalresultscomponent.js
index f91d6d776..d397045ff 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/results/universalresultscomponent.js
+++ b/src/ui/components/results/universalresultscomponent.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default class UniversalResultsComponent extends Component {
 
   setState (data, val) {
     const searchState = data.searchState || SearchStates.PRE_SEARCH;
-    return super.setState(Object.assign({}, data, {
+    return super.setState(Object.assign({ sections: [] }, data, {
       isPreSearch: searchState === SearchStates.PRE_SEARCH,
       isSearchLoading: searchState === SearchStates.SEARCH_LOADING,
       isSearchComplete: searchState === SearchStates.SEARCH_COMPLETE