diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
--- a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     for (int i = 0; i < placesModel->rowCount(); ++i) {
         QModelIndex idx = placesModel->index(i, 0);
 
-        if (idx.data(KFilePlacesModel::HiddenRole).toBool()) {
+        if (placesModel->isHidden(idx)) {
             continue;
         }