diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
index 58b2a1df40..cc31c315e1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ class WP_Plugins_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		if ( $status != $default_status && 'search' != $status )
 			update_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'plugins_last_view', $status );
 
+
+		if ( isset($_REQUEST['s']) )
+			$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = add_query_arg('s', stripslashes($_REQUEST['s']) );
+
 		$page = $this->get_pagenum();
 
 		parent::__construct( array(