diff --git a/src/components/react_button/react_button.js b/src/components/react_button/react_button.js
index 2a0dac85a1..47a4862396 100644
--- a/src/components/react_button/react_button.js
+++ b/src/components/react_button/react_button.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const ReactButton = {
     },
     focusInput () {
       this.$nextTick(() => {
-        const input = this.$el.querySelector('input')
+        const input = document.querySelector('.reaction-picker-filter > input')
         if (input) input.focus()
       })
     },