diff --git a/web/react/components/search_bar.jsx b/web/react/components/search_bar.jsx
index e39cf5d46f..b11b39e9ed 100644
--- a/web/react/components/search_bar.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/search_bar.jsx
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             results: null
         });
 
+        AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({
+            type: ActionTypes.RECIEVED_SEARCH_TERM,
+            term: null,
+            do_search: false,
+            is_mention_search: false
+        });
+
         AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({
             type: ActionTypes.RECIEVED_POST_SELECTED,
             results: null
diff --git a/web/react/components/search_results.jsx b/web/react/components/search_results.jsx
index 643ad112b2..b1efd76854 100644
--- a/web/react/components/search_results.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/search_results.jsx
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ var RhsHeaderSearch = React.createClass({
             results: null
         });
 
+        AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({
+            type: ActionTypes.RECIEVED_SEARCH_TERM,
+            term: null,
+            do_search: false,
+            is_mention_search: false
+        });
+
         AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({
             type: ActionTypes.RECIEVED_POST_SELECTED,
             results: null