Index: src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
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--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php	(revision 32332)
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php	(working copy)
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 		if ( isset( $_REQUEST['plugin_status'] ) && in_array( $_REQUEST['plugin_status'], array( 'active', 'inactive', 'recently_activated', 'upgrade', 'mustuse', 'dropins', 'search' ) ) )
 			$status = $_REQUEST['plugin_status'];
 
-		if ( isset($_REQUEST['s']) )
+		if ( isset($_REQUEST['s']) ) {
 			$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = add_query_arg('s', wp_unslash($_REQUEST['s']) );
+			$status = 'search';
+		}
 
 		$page = $this->get_pagenum();
 	}