diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/RecyclerViewFastScroller.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/RecyclerViewFastScroller.java
index cdbd0c0..df8f635 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/RecyclerViewFastScroller.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/RecyclerViewFastScroller.java
@@ -109,13 +109,6 @@
 
     private float mLastTouchY;
     private boolean mIsDragging;
-    /**
-     * Tracks whether a keyboard hide request has been sent due to downward scrolling.
-     * <p>
-     * Set to true when scrolling down and reset when scrolling up to prevents redundant hide
-     * requests during continuous downward scrolls.
-     */
-    private boolean mRequestedHideKeyboard;
     private boolean mIsThumbDetached;
     private final boolean mCanThumbDetach;
     private boolean mIgnoreDragGesture;
@@ -248,7 +241,6 @@
     public boolean handleTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev, Point offset) {
         int x = (int) ev.getX() - offset.x;
         int y = (int) ev.getY() - offset.y;
-        ActivityContext activityContext = ActivityContext.lookupContext(getContext());
 
         switch (ev.getAction()) {
             case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
@@ -256,7 +248,6 @@
                 mDownX = x;
                 mDownY = mLastY = y;
                 mDownTimeStampMillis = ev.getDownTime();
-                mRequestedHideKeyboard = false;
 
                 if ((Math.abs(mDy) < mDeltaThreshold &&
                         mRv.getScrollState() != SCROLL_STATE_IDLE)) {
@@ -269,15 +260,6 @@
                 }
                 break;
             case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
-                if (y > mLastY) {
-                    if (!mRequestedHideKeyboard) {
-                        activityContext.hideKeyboard();
-                    }
-                    mRequestedHideKeyboard = true;
-                } else {
-                    mRequestedHideKeyboard = false;
-                }
-
                 mLastY = y;
                 int absDeltaY = Math.abs(y - mDownY);
                 int absDeltaX = Math.abs(x - mDownX);
@@ -312,6 +294,7 @@
     }
 
     private void calcTouchOffsetAndPrepToFastScroll(int downY, int lastY) {
+        ActivityContext.lookupContext(getContext()).hideKeyboard();
         mIsDragging = true;
         if (mCanThumbDetach) {
             mIsThumbDetached = true;