diff --git a/library/Icingadb/Web/Control/SearchBar/ObjectSuggestions.php b/library/Icingadb/Web/Control/SearchBar/ObjectSuggestions.php
index 7630e0162..da46f8bf9 100644
--- a/library/Icingadb/Web/Control/SearchBar/ObjectSuggestions.php
+++ b/library/Icingadb/Web/Control/SearchBar/ObjectSuggestions.php
@@ -260,10 +260,9 @@ protected function fetchColumnSuggestions($searchTerm)
 
     protected function matchSuggestion($path, $label, $searchTerm)
     {
-        if (preg_match('/[_.](id|bin|checksum)$/', $path)) {
-            // Only suggest exotic columns if the user knows about them
-            $trimmedSearch = trim($searchTerm, ' *');
-            return substr($path, -strlen($trimmedSearch)) === $trimmedSearch;
+        if (preg_match('/[_.](id|bin|checksum)$/', $path, $matches)) {
+            // Only suggest exotic columns if the user knows the full column path
+            return substr($path, strrpos($path, '.') + 1) === trim($searchTerm, ' *');
         }
 
         return parent::matchSuggestion($path, $label, $searchTerm);