diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/search.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/search.js
index 77c8eebb9afd7e..e34ad8bd2ce799 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/search.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/search.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default function search(state = initialState, action) {
       map.set('isLoading', false);
     });
   case SEARCH_EXPAND_REQUEST:
-    return state.set('type', action.searchType);
+    return state.set('type', action.searchType); // .set('isLoading', true); // original Mastodon bug
   case SEARCH_EXPAND_SUCCESS:
     const results = action.searchType === 'hashtags' ? ImmutableOrderedSet(fromJS(action.results.hashtags)) : action.results[action.searchType].map(item => item.id);
     return state.updateIn(['results', action.searchType], list => list.union(results)).setIn(['noMoreResults', action.searchType], results.size <= 0);