diff --git a/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php b/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php
index f94b27e84e11f0477ae5f4132966e92a382963a5..0765b3aec8bea129093d6a89a69942841ad3a4a7 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class OverviewController extends AbstractController {
 	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
 	 * @throws \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Exception\InvalidQueryException
 	 */
-	protected function overviewWithoutCategoriesAction(array $newsMetaData = [], array $newsFilter = []) {
+	protected function overviewWithoutCategoriesAction(array $newsMetaData = [], array $newsFilter = NULL) {
 		if (empty($newsFilter)) {
 			$newsFilter = $this->request->getArguments()['newsFilter'];
 		}