diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index 6a65f44da..234a2afed 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 PollFormContainer from '../containers/poll_form_container';
 import UploadFormContainer from '../containers/upload_form_container';
 import WarningContainer from '../containers/warning_container';
 import LanguageDropdown from '../containers/language_dropdown_container';
-import { isMobile } from '../../../is_mobile';
 import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { length } from 'stringz';
 import { countableText } from '../util/counter';
@@ -61,14 +60,14 @@ 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) => {
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ 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) {
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ 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();
       }
     }
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const { intl, onPaste, showSearch } = this.props;
+    const { intl, onPaste, autoFocus } = this.props;
     const disabled = this.props.isSubmitting;
 
     let publishText = '';
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           onSuggestionsClearRequested={this.onSuggestionsClearRequested}
           onSuggestionSelected={this.onSuggestionSelected}
           onPaste={onPaste}
-          autoFocus={!showSearch && !isMobile(window.innerWidth)}
+          autoFocus={autoFocus}
         >
           <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} />
 
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 1be7633cc..14cf9230b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ 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 f744fc611..aead7776a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/index.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import Icon from 'mastodon/components/icon';
 import { logOut } from 'mastodon/utils/log_out';
 import Column from 'mastodon/components/column';
 import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
+import { isMobile } from '../../is_mobile';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   start: { id: 'getting_started.heading', defaultMessage: 'Getting started' },
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ class Compose extends React.PureComponent {
             <div className='drawer__inner' onFocus={this.onFocus}>
               <NavigationContainer onClose={this.onBlur} />
 
-              <ComposeFormContainer />
+              <ComposeFormContainer autoFocus={!isMobile(window.innerWidth)} />
 
               <div className='drawer__inner__mastodon'>
                 <img alt='' draggable='false' src={mascot || elephantUIPlane} />