diff --git a/src/files/domain/models/FileCriteria.ts b/src/files/domain/models/FileCriteria.ts
index 8de6c9dab..30720deba 100644
--- a/src/files/domain/models/FileCriteria.ts
+++ b/src/files/domain/models/FileCriteria.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ export class FileCriteria {
       searchText
     )
   }
+
+  get someFilterApplied(): boolean {
+    return (
+      this.filterByType !== undefined ||
+      this.filterByAccess !== undefined ||
+      this.filterByTag !== undefined ||
+      this.searchText !== undefined
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 export enum FileSortByOption {
diff --git a/src/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.tsx b/src/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.tsx
index 26194bc35..d2cec669e 100644
--- a/src/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.tsx
+++ b/src/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export function FileCriteriaForm({
   filesCountInfo
 }: FileCriteriaInputsProps) {
   const showFileCriteriaInputs =
-    filesCountInfo && filesCountInfo.total >= MINIMUM_FILES_TO_SHOW_CRITERIA_INPUTS
+    filesCountInfo &&
+    (filesCountInfo.total >= MINIMUM_FILES_TO_SHOW_CRITERIA_INPUTS || criteria.someFilterApplied)
   return (
     <div className={styles['criteria-section']}>
       <Form>
diff --git a/tests/component/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.spec.tsx b/tests/component/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.spec.tsx
index 8322b7a71..e40d20a84 100644
--- a/tests/component/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/component/sections/dataset/dataset-files/file-criteria-form/FileCriteriaForm.spec.tsx
@@ -289,4 +289,23 @@ describe('FileCriteriaForm', () => {
 
     cy.findByLabelText('Search').should('have.value', 'test')
   })
+
+  it('renders the file criteria if there are less than 2 files but there is a filter applied', () => {
+    const criteria = new FileCriteria()
+      .withFilterByTag('document')
+      .withFilterByAccess(FileAccessOption.PUBLIC)
+      .withFilterByType('image/png')
+
+    cy.customMount(
+      <FileCriteriaForm
+        criteria={criteria}
+        onCriteriaChange={onCriteriaChange}
+        filesCountInfo={FilesCountInfoMother.create({ total: 1 })}
+      />
+    )
+
+    cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'File Type: PNG Image' }).should('exist')
+    cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Access: Public' }).should('exist')
+    cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'File Tags: Document' }).should('exist')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/tests/e2e-integration/e2e/sections/dataset/Dataset.spec.tsx b/tests/e2e-integration/e2e/sections/dataset/Dataset.spec.tsx
index f76ea7c50..46d3f9a3d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-integration/e2e/sections/dataset/Dataset.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/e2e-integration/e2e/sections/dataset/Dataset.spec.tsx
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ describe('Dataset', () => {
       })
     })
 
-    it('applies filters to the Files Table in the correct order', () => {
+    it.only('applies filters to the Files Table in the correct order', () => {
       const files = [
         FileHelper.create('csv', {
           description: 'Some description',
@@ -470,6 +470,25 @@ describe('Dataset', () => {
           cy.findByText('blob-3').should('not.exist')
           cy.get('table > tbody > tr').eq(0).should('contain', 'blob-5')
           cy.get('table > tbody > tr').eq(1).should('contain', 'blob-4')
+
+          cy.findByLabelText('Search').clear().type('blob-5{enter}', { force: true })
+
+          cy.findByText('1 to 1 of 1 Files').should('exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-1').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-2').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-3').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-4').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-5').should('exist')
+
+          cy.findByLabelText('Search').clear().type('{enter}', { force: true })
+          cy.findByText('1 to 3 of 3 Files').should('exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob').should('exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-1').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-2').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-3').should('not.exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-4').should('exist')
+          cy.findByText('blob-5').should('exist')
         })
     })