diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml b/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@
                 return "phone";
             }
         }
-        return IconName || "unknown";
+        return IconName;
     }
 }
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
@@ -82,10 +82,16 @@
 
             PlasmaCore.IconItem {
                 id: clientIcon
-                visible: valid
                 Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
                 Layout.preferredHeight: column.height * 0.75
                 Layout.preferredWidth: Layout.preferredHeight
+                source: "unknown"
+
+                onSourceChanged: {
+                    if (!valid && source != "unknown") {
+                        source = "unknown";
+                    }
+                }
 
                 DragAndDrop.DragArea {
                     id: dragArea
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml b/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 
 ListItemBase {
     label: Client ? i18nc("label of stream items", "%1: %2", Client.name, Name) : Name
-    icon: IconName || "unknown"
+    icon: IconName
 }