diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js
index 538c811c71097..af6c09ef0e879 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js
@@ -929,7 +929,8 @@ window.initSearch = function(rawSearchIndex) {
             var actives = [[], [], []];
             // "current" is used to know which tab we're looking into.
             var current = 0;
-            onEachLazy(document.getElementById("results").childNodes, function(e) {
+            var results = document.getElementById("results").childNodes;
+            onEachLazy(results, function(e) {
                 onEachLazy(e.getElementsByClassName("highlighted"), function(h_e) {
                     actives[current].push(h_e);
                 });
@@ -953,7 +954,6 @@ window.initSearch = function(rawSearchIndex) {
                 if (e.ctrlKey) { // Going through result tabs.
                     printTab(currentTab > 1 ? 0 : currentTab + 1);
                 } else if (!actives[currentTab].length) {
-                    var results = document.getElementById("results").childNodes;
                     if (results.length > 0) {
                         var res = results[currentTab].getElementsByClassName("result");
                         if (res.length > 0) {
@@ -969,6 +969,14 @@ window.initSearch = function(rawSearchIndex) {
                 if (actives[currentTab].length) {
                     document.location.href =
                         actives[currentTab][0].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].href;
+                } else {
+                    if (results.length > 0) {
+                        var firstRes = results[0].getElementsByClassName("result");
+                        if (firstRes.length > 0) {
+                            document.location.href =
+                                firstRes[0].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].href;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             } else if (e.which === 16) { // shift
                 // Does nothing, it's just to avoid losing "focus" on the highlighted element.