diff --git a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.cpp b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.cpp
index f2af6e24f..b411747d6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ void TabFilterModel::setFilterPinnedTabs(bool filter)
     invalidateFilter();
 }
 
+void TabFilterModel::setRejectDropOnLastIndex(bool reject)
+{
+    m_rejectDropOnLastIndex = reject;
+}
+
 bool TabFilterModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex &sourceParent) const
 {
     if (m_mode == NoFilter) {
@@ -47,3 +52,10 @@ bool TabFilterModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex &sourcePa
     return index.data(TabModel::PinnedRole).toBool() != m_filterPinnedTabs;
 }
 
+bool TabFilterModel::canDropMimeData(const QMimeData *data, Qt::DropAction action, int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+    if (m_rejectDropOnLastIndex && row == rowCount()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return QSortFilterProxyModel::canDropMimeData(data, action, row, column, parent);
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.h b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.h
index aa44cf20c..cb6676cbc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabfiltermodel.h
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ public:
 
     void setFilterPinnedTabs(bool pinned);
 
+    void setRejectDropOnLastIndex(bool reject);
+
 private:
     bool filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex &sourceParent) const;
+    bool canDropMimeData(const QMimeData *data, Qt::DropAction action, int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const override;
 
     enum Mode {
         NoFilter,
@@ -40,4 +43,5 @@ private:
 
     Mode m_mode = NoFilter;
     bool m_filterPinnedTabs = false;
+    bool m_rejectDropOnLastIndex = false;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/verticaltabswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/verticaltabswidget.cpp
index 0938d45e1..2caed14b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/verticaltabswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/verticaltabswidget.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ VerticalTabsWidget::VerticalTabsWidget(BrowserWindow *window)
     m_pinnedView = new TabListView(this);
     TabFilterModel *model = new TabFilterModel(m_pinnedView);
     model->setFilterPinnedTabs(false);
+    model->setRejectDropOnLastIndex(true);
     model->setSourceModel(m_window->tabModel());
     m_pinnedView->setModel(model);
     m_pinnedView->setHideWhenEmpty(true);