diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
index 2105b1c6c5..29ed297fec 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ extension MainViewController: OmniBarDelegate {
 
     func onOmniQueryUpdated(_ updatedQuery: String) {
         if updatedQuery.isEmpty {
-            if newTabPageViewController != nil {
+            if newTabPageViewController != nil || !omniBar.textField.isEditing {
                 hideSuggestionTray()
             } else {
                 let didShow = tryToShowSuggestionTray(.favorites)