diff --git a/awx/main/managers.py b/awx/main/managers.py
index 2bb1ebece4..fc99cbd7a4 100644
--- a/awx/main/managers.py
+++ b/awx/main/managers.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class HostManager(models.Manager):
                     # If we don't disable this, a filter of {'inventory': self.instance} gets automatically
                     # injected by the related object mapper.
                     self.core_filters = {}
-                    return qs.filter(q)
+                    return qs & q
         return qs