diff --git a/services/oodikone2-frontend/src/components/PopulationSearchForm/index.jsx b/services/oodikone2-frontend/src/components/PopulationSearchForm/index.jsx
index e8c0676ae8..ca0c1e37a1 100644
--- a/services/oodikone2-frontend/src/components/PopulationSearchForm/index.jsx
+++ b/services/oodikone2-frontend/src/components/PopulationSearchForm/index.jsx
@@ -385,9 +385,17 @@ class PopulationSearchForm extends Component {
 
   getMinSelection = (startYear, semester) => (semester === 'FALL' ? `${startYear}-08-01` : `${startYear}-01-01`)
 
+  checkPreviousQuery = (query, previousQuery) => {
+    const sameProgramme = query.studyRights.programme === previousQuery.studyRights.programme
+    const sameMonths = query.months === previousQuery.months
+    const sameStartYear = query.startYear === previousQuery.startYear
+    return sameProgramme && sameMonths && sameStartYear
+  }
+
   fetchPopulationFromUrlParams() {
+    const previousQuery = this.props.queries
     const query = this.parseQueryFromUrl()
-    if (query.fetch && query !== this.state.query) {
+    if (query.fetch || !this.checkPreviousQuery(query, previousQuery)) {
       this.setState({ query })
       this.fetchPopulation(query)
     }