diff --git a/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts b/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts
index 23e8fb2e5..342fbea50 100644
--- a/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts
+++ b/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ export class CoreUserParticipantsComponent implements OnInit {
     toggleSearch(): void {
         this.showSearchBox = !this.showSearchBox;
 
-        if (!this.showSearchBox && this.displaySearchResults) {
+        if (this.showSearchBox) {
+            // Make search bar visible.
+            this.domUtils.scrollToTop(this.content);
+        } else if (!this.showSearchBox && this.displaySearchResults) {
             this.clearSearch();
         }
     }