diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java
index 9f304372706..823e92782fd 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java
@@ -1428,23 +1428,20 @@ public Collection<RecordIdentifierMissingDetail> getDetailsOfRecordIdentifierMis
      * @param maxNumber limit
      * @return list of "SelectItem" objects corresponding to given "ProcessDTO" objects.
      * @throws DAOException when checking whether user can link to given "ProcessDTO"s fails
-     * @throws IOException when opening ruleset file fails
      */
     public ArrayList<SelectItem> getPotentialParentProcesses(List<ProcessDTO> parentCandidates, int maxNumber)
-            throws DAOException, IOException {
+            throws DAOException {
         ArrayList<SelectItem> possibleParentProcesses = new ArrayList<>();
         for (ProcessDTO process : parentCandidates.subList(0, Math.min(parentCandidates.size(), maxNumber))) {
-            if (ProcessService.canCreateChildProcess(process) || ProcessService.canCreateProcessWithCalendar(process)) {
-                SelectItem selectItem = new SelectItem(process.getId().toString(), process.getTitle());
-                selectItem.setDisabled(!userMayLinkToParent(process.getId()));
-                if (!processInAssignedProject(process.getId())) {
-                    String problem = Helper.getTranslation("projectNotAssignedToCurrentUser", process.getProject()
-                            .getTitle());
-                    selectItem.setDescription(problem);
-                    selectItem.setLabel(selectItem.getLabel() + " (" + problem + ")");
-                }
-                possibleParentProcesses.add(selectItem);
+            SelectItem selectItem = new SelectItem(process.getId().toString(), process.getTitle());
+            selectItem.setDisabled(!userMayLinkToParent(process.getId()));
+            if (!processInAssignedProject(process.getId())) {
+                String problem = Helper.getTranslation("projectNotAssignedToCurrentUser", process.getProject()
+                        .getTitle());
+                selectItem.setDescription(problem);
+                selectItem.setLabel(selectItem.getLabel() + " (" + problem + ")");
             }
+            possibleParentProcesses.add(selectItem);
         }
         return possibleParentProcesses;
     }
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java
index 798c876e555..9ec0f5fba6f 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java
@@ -818,11 +818,12 @@ public List<ProcessDTO> findLinkableChildProcesses(String searchInput, int rules
      * @param rulesetId
      *            the id of the allowed ruleset
      * @return found processes
-     * @throws DataException
-     *             if the search engine fails
+     * @throws DataException if the search engine fails
+     * @throws DAOException when loading ruleset from database fails
+     * @throws IOException when opening ruleset file fails
      */
     public List<ProcessDTO> findLinkableParentProcesses(String searchInput, int rulesetId)
-            throws DataException {
+            throws DataException, DAOException, IOException {
 
         BoolQueryBuilder processQuery = new BoolQueryBuilder()
                 .should(createSimpleWildcardQuery(ProcessTypeField.TITLE.getKey(), searchInput));
@@ -831,7 +832,13 @@ public List<ProcessDTO> findLinkableParentProcesses(String searchInput, int rule
         }
         BoolQueryBuilder query = new BoolQueryBuilder().must(processQuery)
                 .must(new MatchQueryBuilder(ProcessTypeField.RULESET.getKey(), rulesetId));
-        return findByQueryInAllProjects(query, false);
+        List<ProcessDTO> filteredProcesses = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (ProcessDTO process : findByQueryInAllProjects(query, false)) {
+            if (ProcessService.canCreateChildProcess(process) || ProcessService.canCreateProcessWithCalendar(process)) {
+                filteredProcesses.add(process);
+            }
+        }
+        return filteredProcesses;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessServiceIT.java b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessServiceIT.java
index effadfd5462..d9647d9a2f9 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessServiceIT.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessServiceIT.java
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ public void shouldNotFindByTokenizedPropertyTitleAndWrongValue() throws DataExce
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldFindLinkableParentProcesses() throws DataException {
+    public void shouldFindLinkableParentProcesses() throws DataException, DAOException, IOException {
         assertEquals("Processes were not found in index!", 1,
             processService.findLinkableParentProcesses("HierarchyParent", 1).size());
     }