diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_filters.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_filters.py
index 22444ab1b9..0e267047cd 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_filters.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_filters.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from unittest import mock
 
 # AWX
 from awx.main.utils.filters import SmartFilter, ExternalLoggerEnabled
+from awx.main.models import Host
 
 # Django
 from django.db.models import Q
@@ -199,7 +200,6 @@ class TestSmartFilterQueryFromString():
 
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
-        ('search=foo', Q(Q(**{u"name__icontains": u"foo"}) | Q(**{ u"description__icontains": u"foo"}))),
         ('group__search=foo', Q(Q(**{u"group__name__icontains": u"foo"}) | Q(**{u"group__description__icontains": u"foo"}))),
         ('search=foo and group__search=foo', Q(
             Q(**{u"name__icontains": u"foo"}) | Q(**{ u"description__icontains": u"foo"}),
@@ -207,15 +207,35 @@ class TestSmartFilterQueryFromString():
         ('search=foo or ansible_facts__a=null',
             Q(Q(**{u"name__icontains": u"foo"}) | Q(**{u"description__icontains": u"foo"})) |
             Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"a": None}})),
-        ('search=foo or ansible_facts__a="null"',
-            Q(Q(**{u"name__icontains": u"foo"}) | Q(**{u"description__icontains": u"foo"})) |
-            Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"a": u"\"null\""}})),
     ])
     def test_search_related_fields(self, mock_get_host_model, filter_string, q_expected):
         q = SmartFilter.query_from_string(filter_string)
         assert str(q) == str(q_expected)
 
 
+class TestSmartFilterQueryFromStringNoDB():
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
+        ('ansible_facts__a="true" and ansible_facts__b="true" and ansible_facts__c="true"',
+            (Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"a": u"true"}}) &
+             Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"b": u"true"}}) &
+             Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"c": u"true"}}))),
+        ('ansible_facts__a="true" or ansible_facts__b="true" or ansible_facts__c="true"',
+            (Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"a": u"true"}}) |
+             Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"b": u"true"}}) |
+             Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"c": u"true"}}))),
+        ('search=foo',
+            Q(Q(**{ u"description__icontains": u"foo"}) | Q(**{u"name__icontains": u"foo"}))),
+        ('search=foo and ansible_facts__a="null"',
+            Q(Q(**{u"description__icontains": u"foo"}) | Q(**{u"name__icontains": u"foo"})) &
+            Q(**{u"ansible_facts__contains": {u"a": u"\"null\""}})),
+        ('name=foo or name=bar and name=foobar',
+            Q(name="foo") | Q(name="bar") & Q(name="foobar"))
+    ])
+    def test_does_not_invoke_db(self, filter_string, q_expected):
+        q = SmartFilter.query_from_string(filter_string)
+        assert str(q.query) == str(Host.objects.filter(q_expected).query)
+
+
 '''
 #('"facts__quoted_val"="f\"oo"', 1),
 #('facts__facts__arr[]="foo"', 1),
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/filters.py b/awx/main/utils/filters.py
index 8cda6f5c28..7cb3b58bb4 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/filters.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/filters.py
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@ class SmartFilter(object):
             self.result = None
             i = 2
             while i < len(t[0]):
-                if not self.result:
+                '''
+                Do NOT observe self.result. It will cause the sql query to be executed.
+                We do not want that. We only want to build the query.
+                '''
+                if isinstance(self.result, type(None)):
                     self.result = t[0][0].result
                 right = t[0][i].result
                 self.result = self.execute_logic(self.result, right)