diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index e8af2252f..3cf676989 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import EmojiPickerDropdown from '../containers/emoji_picker_dropdown_container';
 import PollFormContainer from '../containers/poll_form_container';
 import UploadFormContainer from '../containers/upload_form_container';
 import WarningContainer from '../containers/warning_container';
-import { isMobile } from '../../../is_mobile';
 import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { length } from 'stringz';
 import { countableText } from '../util/counter';
@@ -63,14 +62,14 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     onChangeSpoilerText: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onPaste: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onPickEmoji: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    showSearch: PropTypes.bool,
+    autoFocus: PropTypes.bool,
     anyMedia: PropTypes.bool,
     isInReply: PropTypes.bool,
     singleColumn: PropTypes.bool,
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
-    showSearch: false,
+    autoFocus: false,
   };
 
   handleChange = (e) => {
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     //     - Replying to zero or one users, places the cursor at the end of the textbox.
     //     - Replying to more than one user, selects any usernames past the first;
     //       this provides a convenient shortcut to drop everyone else from the conversation.
-    if (this.props.focusDate !== prevProps.focusDate) {
+    if (this.props.focusDate && this.props.focusDate !== prevProps.focusDate) {
       let selectionEnd, selectionStart;
 
       if (this.props.preselectDate !== prevProps.preselectDate && this.props.isInReply) {
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     } else if (this.props.spoiler !== prevProps.spoiler) {
       if (this.props.spoiler) {
         this.spoilerText.input.focus();
-      } else {
+      } else if (prevProps.spoiler) {
         this.autosuggestTextarea.textarea.focus();
       }
     }
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const { intl, onPaste, showSearch } = this.props;
+    const { intl, onPaste, autoFocus } = this.props;
     const disabled = this.props.isSubmitting;
     let publishText = '';
 
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           onSuggestionsClearRequested={this.onSuggestionsClearRequested}
           onSuggestionSelected={this.onSuggestionSelected}
           onPaste={onPaste}
-          autoFocus={!showSearch && !isMobile(window.innerWidth)}
+          autoFocus={autoFocus}
         >
           <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} />
           <div className='compose-form__modifiers'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
index c629ee622..ed05294a1 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   isEditing: state.getIn(['compose', 'id']) !== null,
   isChangingUpload: state.getIn(['compose', 'is_changing_upload']),
   isUploading: state.getIn(['compose', 'is_uploading']),
-  showSearch: state.getIn(['search', 'submitted']) && !state.getIn(['search', 'hidden']),
   anyMedia: state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).size > 0,
   isInReply: state.getIn(['compose', 'in_reply_to']) !== null,
 });
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/index.js
index bed26f423..f74527ca9 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import elephantUIPlane from '../../../images/elephant_ui_plane.svg';
 import { mascot } from '../../initial_state';
 import Icon from 'mastodon/components/icon';
 import { logOut } from 'mastodon/utils/log_out';
+import { isMobile } from '../../is_mobile';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   start: { id: 'getting_started.heading', defaultMessage: 'Getting started' },
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ class Compose extends React.PureComponent {
           {!isSearchPage && <div className='drawer__inner' onFocus={this.onFocus}>
             <NavigationContainer onClose={this.onBlur} />
 
-            <ComposeFormContainer />
+            <ComposeFormContainer autoFocus={!isMobile(window.innerWidth)} />
 
             <div className='drawer__inner__mastodon'>
               {instanceMascot}