diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.h b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.h
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.h
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <KFilePlacesModel>
 
+class QModelIndex;
+class KFileItem;
+
 class GroupSortProxy : public QSortFilterProxyModel
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -105,6 +108,8 @@
 
         QString forgetAllActionName() const;
 
+        QModelIndex findPlaceForKFileItem(const KFileItem &fileItem) const;
+
         IncludeUsage m_usage;
         QPointer<QAbstractItemModel> m_activitiesModel;
 
diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,19 @@
     return QVariant();
 }
 
+
+QModelIndex RecentUsageModel::findPlaceForKFileItem(const KFileItem &fileItem) const {
+
+    const auto index = m_placesModel->closestItem(fileItem.url());
+    if (index.isValid()) {
+        const auto parentUrl = m_placesModel->url(index);
+        if (parentUrl == fileItem.url()) {
+            return index;
+        }
+    }
+    return QModelIndex();
+}
+
 QVariant RecentUsageModel::docData(const QString &resource, int role) const
 {
     QUrl url(resource);
@@ -258,16 +271,17 @@
 
     if (role == Qt::DisplayRole) {
         auto fileItem = getFileItem();
-        const auto index = m_placesModel->closestItem(fileItem.url());
+        const auto index = findPlaceForKFileItem(fileItem);
         if (index.isValid()) {
-            const auto parentUrl = m_placesModel->url(index);
-            if (parentUrl == fileItem.url()) {
-                return m_placesModel->text(index);
-            }
+            return m_placesModel->text(index);
         }
         return fileItem.text();
     } else if (role == Qt::DecorationRole) {
         auto fileItem = getFileItem();
+        const auto index = findPlaceForKFileItem(fileItem);
+        if (index.isValid()) {
+            return m_placesModel->icon(index);
+        }
         return QIcon::fromTheme(fileItem.iconName(), QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("unknown")));
     } else if (role == Kicker::GroupRole) {
         return i18n("Documents");