diff --git a/mod/assign/gradingtable.php b/mod/assign/gradingtable.php
index bbb0af951d4a6..1c0581ae9bd31 100644
--- a/mod/assign/gradingtable.php
+++ b/mod/assign/gradingtable.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public function __construct(assign $assignment,
         $this->define_baseurl($url);
 
         // Do some business - then set the sql.
-        $currentgroup = groups_get_activity_group($assignment->get_course_module(), true);
+        $currentgroup = groups_get_activity_group($assignment->get_course_module(), true, participationonly: false);
 
         if ($rowoffset) {
             $this->rownum = $rowoffset - 1;
diff --git a/mod/assign/locallib.php b/mod/assign/locallib.php
index 88a310be431ce..9b8cc0f58b7ee 100644
--- a/mod/assign/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/assign/locallib.php
@@ -4567,7 +4567,7 @@ protected function view_grading_table() {
         $o .= $this->get_renderer()->heading(get_string('gradeitem:submissions', 'mod_assign'), 2);
         $o .= $this->get_renderer()->render($gradingactions);
 
-        $o .= groups_print_activity_menu($this->get_course_module(), $currenturl, true);
+        $o .= groups_print_activity_menu($this->get_course_module(), $currenturl, true, participationonly: false);
 
         // Plagiarism update status apearring in the grading book.
         if (!empty($CFG->enableplagiarism)) {
diff --git a/mod/assign/tests/behat/group_submission.feature b/mod/assign/tests/behat/group_submission.feature
index 2376fc0defcfa..8a3517e0c0e35 100644
--- a/mod/assign/tests/behat/group_submission.feature
+++ b/mod/assign/tests/behat/group_submission.feature
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Feature: Group assignment submissions
     And I should see "Submitted for grading" in the "Submission status" "table_row"
     And I should not see "Users who need to submit"
 
-  Scenario: Group submission does not use non-participation groups
+  Scenario: Students cannot make a group submission under a non-participation group
     Given the following "groups" exist:
       | name    | course | idnumber | participation |
       | Group A | C1     | CG1      | 0             |
@@ -342,3 +342,32 @@ Feature: Group assignment submissions
     When I am on the "Test assignment name" Activity page logged in as student1
     Then I should see "Default group"
     And I should not see "Group A"
+
+  @javascript
+  Scenario: All groups including non-participation groups can be used for filtering submissions
+    Given the following "groups" exist:
+      | name    | course | idnumber | participation |
+      | Group 2 | C1     | G2       | 0             |
+    And the following "group members" exist:
+      | group | user     |
+      | G1    | student1 |
+      | G2    | student1 |
+      | G1    | student2 |
+      | G2    | student3 |
+    And the following "activity" exists:
+      | activity         | assign               |
+      | course           | C1                   |
+      | name             | Test assignment name |
+      | submissiondrafts | 0                    |
+      | teamsubmission   | 1                    |
+      | groupmode        | 1                    |
+    And the following "mod_assign > submissions" exist:
+      | assign                | user      | onlinetext                          |
+      | Test assignment name  | student1  | I'm the student's first submission  |
+      | Test assignment name  | student3  | I'm the student's first submission  |
+    When I am on the "Test assignment name" Activity page logged in as teacher1
+    And I follow "View all submissions"
+    And I set the field "Separate groups" to "Group 2"
+    Then I should see "Student 1"
+    And I should see "Student 3"
+    And I should not see "Student 2"