diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/activities/DialtactsActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/activities/DialtactsActivity.java
index 917d8e0..d5ff79d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/activities/DialtactsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/activities/DialtactsActivity.java
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@
         mViewPager.setAdapter(new ViewPagerAdapter(getFragmentManager()));
         mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(mPageChangeListener);
 
-        prepareSearchView();
-
         // Setup the ActionBar tabs (the order matches the tab-index contants TAB_INDEX_*)
         setupDialer();
         setupCallLog();
@@ -814,6 +812,10 @@
      * Hides every tab and shows search UI for phone lookup.
      */
     private void enterSearchUi() {
+        if (mSearchView == null) {
+            prepareSearchView();
+        }
+
         final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
 
         final Tab tab = actionBar.getSelectedTab();