diff --git a/components/com_banners/models/banners.php b/components/com_banners/models/banners.php
index 5ee69f69a0237..4704ccf7d5151 100644
--- a/components/com_banners/models/banners.php
+++ b/components/com_banners/models/banners.php
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 
 		if ($cid)
 		{
-			$query->join('LEFT', '#__categories as cat ON a.catid = cat.id')
-				->where('a.cid = ' . (int) $cid)
+			$query->where('a.cid = ' . (int) $cid)
 				->where('cl.state = 1');
 		}
 
@@ -141,6 +140,11 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 				$config = JComponentHelper::getParams('com_banners');
 				$prefix = $config->get('metakey_prefix');
 
+				if ($categoryId)
+				{
+					$query->join('LEFT', '#__categories as cat ON a.catid = cat.id');
+				}
+
 				foreach ($keywords as $keyword)
 				{
 					$keyword = trim($keyword);