diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java
index 3fd7d7263f5..552d4f6d84e 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [243263] NPE on expanding a filter
  * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [260777] [ssh] Deadlock when changing selection after multiple hibernate/resume cycles
  * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [283793] [dstore] Expansion indicator(+) does not reset after no connect
+ * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [316565] Failed to resolve the filter for a non-connected subsystem
  *******************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.rse.ui.operations;
@@ -270,6 +271,10 @@ public class SystemFetchOperation extends JobChangeAdapter implements IRunnableW
 
 
 	private boolean ensureConnected(SubSystem ss, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws InterruptedException {
+		if (!ss.getSubSystemConfiguration().supportsSubSystemConnect()){
+			return true;
+		}
+		
 		if (!ss.isConnected() &&
 				!ss.isOffline()) // skip the connect if offline, but still follow through because we need to follow through in the subsystem
 		{