diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/add_node_search.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_node/add_node_search.cc
index 07fc06d0dde..16505620e6a 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/add_node_search.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/add_node_search.cc
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void gather_search_items_for_node_groups(const bContext &C,
     if (node_group->typeinfo->group_idname != group_node_id) {
       continue;
     }
-    if (local_assets.contains(node_group->id.name)) {
+    if (local_assets.contains(node_group->id.name + 2)) {
       continue;
     }
     if (!nodeGroupPoll(&node_tree, node_group, nullptr)) {