diff --git a/web/react/components/search_autocomplete.jsx b/web/react/components/search_autocomplete.jsx
index 0be93b05ac..419b6dbf4d 100644
--- a/web/react/components/search_autocomplete.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/search_autocomplete.jsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default class SearchAutocomplete extends React.Component {
     }
 
     handleDocumentClick(e) {
-        const container = $(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.container));
+        const container = $(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.searchPopover));
 
         if (!(container.is(e.target) || container.has(e.target).length > 0)) {
             this.setState({