diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/StartConversationActivity.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/StartConversationActivity.java
index 5a89b2f9b1990053b3b98f34ce7b62e8cc3c487a..a24e919f9040d15f95e5c6c3ca6306e6ecb97c74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/StartConversationActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/StartConversationActivity.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ public class StartConversationActivity extends XmppActivity implements XmppConne
             SoftKeyboardUtils.hideSoftKeyboard(StartConversationActivity.this);
             mSearchEditText.setText("");
             filter(null);
+            navigateBack();
             return true;
         }
     };