diff --git a/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/relationselector.js b/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/relationselector.js
index cf2e3c274c..dd322e5b4d 100644
--- a/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/relationselector.js
+++ b/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/relationselector.js
@@ -23,18 +23,22 @@ import _ from 'gmp/locale';
 
 import Select from 'web/components/form/select';
 import PropTypes from 'web/utils/proptypes.js';
+import {UNSET_LABEL, UNSET_VALUE} from 'web/utils/render';
 
-const RelationSelector = ({relation, onChange}) => (
-  <Select
-    value={relation}
-    onChange={onChange}
-    items={[
-      {label: _('is equal to'), value: '='},
-      {label: _('is greater than'), value: '>'},
-      {label: _('is less than'), value: '<'},
-    ]}
-  />
-);
+const RelationSelector = ({relation, onChange}) => {
+  return (
+    <Select
+      value={relation}
+      onChange={onChange}
+      items={[
+        {label: UNSET_LABEL, value: UNSET_VALUE},
+        {label: _('is equal to'), value: '='},
+        {label: _('is greater than'), value: '>'},
+        {label: _('is less than'), value: '<'},
+      ]}
+    />
+  );
+};
 
 RelationSelector.propTypes = {
   relation: PropTypes.string,
diff --git a/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/severityvaluesgroup.js b/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/severityvaluesgroup.js
index 4555a0542b..621484c836 100644
--- a/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/severityvaluesgroup.js
+++ b/gsa/src/web/components/powerfilter/severityvaluesgroup.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import RelationSelector from 'web/components/powerfilter/relationselector';
 import NumberField from 'web/components/form/numberfield';
 import Divider from 'web/components/layout/divider';
 
+import {UNSET_VALUE} from 'web/utils/render';
+
 const SeverityValuesGroup = ({filter, name, title, onChange}) => {
   /* useState is analogous to setState in class components.
    * the first argument is the state variable.
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ const SeverityValuesGroup = ({filter, name, title, onChange}) => {
   const term = filter.getTerm(name);
   const severity = isDefined(term) ? parseSeverity(term.value) : 0;
 
-  const [rel, setRel] = useState(isDefined(term) ? term.relation : '='); // here rel is set to '='
+  const [rel, setRel] = useState(isDefined(term) ? term.relation : UNSET_VALUE);
   const keyword = name;
 
   return (