diff --git a/lib/widgets/home_page.dart b/lib/widgets/home_page.dart
index 86e15c017..d16d53954 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/home_page.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/home_page.dart
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class _HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
         return SearchPageRoute(
           delegate: CollectionSearchDelegate(
             source: source,
+            canPop: false,
             initialQuery: _shortcutSearchQuery,
           ),
         );
diff --git a/lib/widgets/search/search_delegate.dart b/lib/widgets/search/search_delegate.dart
index 65d8f6dbe..2e5e8c438 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/search/search_delegate.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/search/search_delegate.dart
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class CollectionSearchDelegate {
   final CollectionSource source;
   final CollectionLens? parentCollection;
   final ValueNotifier<String?> expandedSectionNotifier = ValueNotifier(null);
+  final bool canPop;
 
   static const searchHistoryCount = 10;
   static final typeFilters = [
@@ -45,13 +46,17 @@ class CollectionSearchDelegate {
   CollectionSearchDelegate({
     required this.source,
     this.parentCollection,
+    this.canPop = true,
     String? initialQuery,
   }) {
     query = initialQuery ?? '';
   }
 
   Widget buildLeading(BuildContext context) {
-    return Navigator.canPop(context)
+    // use a property instead of checking `Navigator.canPop(context)`
+    // because the navigator state changes as soon as we press back
+    // so the leading may mistakenly switch to the close button
+    return canPop
         ? IconButton(
             icon: AnimatedIcon(
               icon: AnimatedIcons.menu_arrow,