diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 19ea27e5..75d2ed48 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	in the same short and quick way as above.
 	* src/nano.c (main): Initialize the search and replace strings in
 	a central place, to get rid of a bunch of ifs.
+	* src/search.c (search_init_globals): Elide this tiny function.
 
 2015-04-20  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/winio.c (need_horizontal_update, need_vertical_update): Fuse
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 823386a7..37aa1d31 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@ void regexp_cleanup(void);
 #endif
 void not_found_msg(const char *str);
 void search_replace_abort(void);
-void search_init_globals(void);
 int search_init(bool replacing, bool use_answer);
 bool findnextstr(
 #ifndef DISABLE_SPELLER
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 923206ae..0a373174 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -116,12 +116,6 @@ void search_replace_abort(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* Initialize the global search and replace strings. */
-void search_init_globals(void)
-{
-    focusing = TRUE;
-}
-
 /* Set up the system variables for a search or replace.  If use_answer
  * is TRUE, only set backupstring to answer.  Return -2 to run the
  * opposite program (search -> replace, replace -> search), return -1 if
@@ -153,7 +147,7 @@ int search_init(bool replacing, bool use_answer)
      * do_search() or do_replace() and be called again.  In that case,
      * we should put the same search string back up. */
 
-    search_init_globals();
+    focusing = TRUE;
 
     if (last_search[0] != '\0') {
 	char *disp = display_string(last_search, 0, COLS / 3, FALSE);
@@ -496,7 +490,7 @@ void do_research(void)
     size_t pww_save = openfile->placewewant;
     bool didfind;
 
-    search_init_globals();
+    focusing = TRUE;
 
     if (last_search[0] != '\0') {
 #ifdef HAVE_REGEX_H
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 31f3ed17..583c8ccd 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -2356,7 +2356,6 @@ bool do_int_spell_fix(const char *word)
 #endif
 
     /* Save the current search/replace strings. */
-    search_init_globals();
     save_search = last_search;
     save_replace = last_replace;
 
@@ -2364,6 +2363,8 @@ bool do_int_spell_fix(const char *word)
     last_search = mallocstrcpy(NULL, word);
     last_replace = mallocstrcpy(NULL, word);
 
+    focusing = TRUE;
+
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
     if (old_mark_set) {
 	/* If the mark is on, partition the filestruct so that it