diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.hbs
index b13103587f0..1e88826fc58 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.hbs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
   {{#if @inlineResults}}
     <SearchMenu::Results
       @loading={{this.loading}}
-      @noResults={{this.noResults}}
       @invalidTerm={{this.invalidTerm}}
       @suggestionKeyword={{this.suggestionKeyword}}
       @suggestionResults={{this.suggestionResults}}
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@
     <MenuPanel @panelClass="search-menu-panel">
       <SearchMenu::Results
         @loading={{this.loading}}
-        @noResults={{this.noResults}}
         @invalidTerm={{this.invalidTerm}}
         @suggestionKeyword={{this.suggestionKeyword}}
         @suggestionResults={{this.suggestionResults}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.js
index 426017ff930..9511164e9c3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ export default class SearchMenu extends Component {
   @service appEvents;
 
   @tracked loading = false;
-  @tracked noResults = false;
   @tracked
   inPMInboxContext = this.search.searchContext?.type === "private_messages";
   @tracked typeFilter = DEFAULT_TYPE_FILTER;
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ export default class SearchMenu extends Component {
 
     const matchSuggestions = this.matchesSuggestions();
     if (matchSuggestions) {
-      this.noResults = true;
+      this.search.noResults = true;
       this.search.results = {};
       this.loading = false;
       this.suggestionResults = [];
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ export default class SearchMenu extends Component {
             this.suggestionResults = result.users;
             this.suggestionKeyword = "@";
           } else {
-            this.noResults = true;
+            this.search.noResults = true;
             this.suggestionKeyword = false;
           }
         });
@@ -266,14 +265,14 @@ export default class SearchMenu extends Component {
     this.suggestionKeyword = false;
 
     if (!this.search.activeGlobalSearchTerm) {
-      this.noResults = false;
+      this.search.noResults = false;
       this.search.results = {};
       this.loading = false;
       this.invalidTerm = false;
     } else if (
       !isValidSearchTerm(this.search.activeGlobalSearchTerm, this.siteSettings)
     ) {
-      this.noResults = true;
+      this.search.noResults = true;
       this.search.results = {};
       this.loading = false;
       this.invalidTerm = true;
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ export default class SearchMenu extends Component {
               });
             }
 
-            this.noResults = results.resultTypes.length === 0;
+            this.search.noResults = results.resultTypes.length === 0;
             this.search.results = results;
           }
         })
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ export default class SearchMenu extends Component {
 
   @action
   triggerSearch() {
-    this.noResults = false;
+    this.search.noResults = false;
 
     if (this.includesTopics) {
       if (this.search.contextType === "topic") {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu/results.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu/results.js
index 4e8d131b796..3be639b32b4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu/results.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/search-menu/results.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default class Results extends Component {
   }
 
   get noTopicResults() {
-    return this.args.searchTopics && this.args.noResults;
+    return this.args.searchTopics && this.search.noResults;
   }
 
   get termTooShort() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/services/search.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/services/search.js
index 758d083abc3..5a236a847ba 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/services/search.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/services/search.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export default class Search extends Service {
   @tracked inTopicContext = false;
   @tracked visible = false;
   @tracked results = {};
+  @tracked noResults = false;
 
   // only relative for the widget search menu
   searchContextEnabled = false; // checkbox to scope search