diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/SearchViewEx.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/SearchViewEx.java
index 68cd779098..bc0f5a9fd5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/SearchViewEx.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/SearchViewEx.java
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ public class SearchViewEx extends SearchView {
         setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
             @Override
             public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
+                if (newText.equals(_searching))
+                    return true;
+
                 _searching = newText;
                 intf.onSave(_searching);