diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
index cf751622c..1eb126e5c 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
     if (this._cachedSearchTerm && this._lastSearchOptions?.decorations) {
       this._highlightTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
         this.findPrevious(this._cachedSearchTerm!,  { ...this._lastSearchOptions, incremental: true, noScroll: true });
+        this._resultIndex = this._searchResults ? this._searchResults.size -1 : -1;
         this._onDidChangeResults.fire({ resultIndex: this._searchResults ? this._searchResults.size - 1 : -1, resultCount: this._searchResults ? this._searchResults.size : -1 });
       }, 200);
     }