diff --git a/src/components/Layout/components/Header/components/Content/components/Actions/components/Search/components/SearchBar/common/utils.ts b/src/components/Layout/components/Header/components/Content/components/Actions/components/Search/components/SearchBar/common/utils.ts
index 58c3767c..c40ca62a 100644
--- a/src/components/Layout/components/Header/components/Content/components/Actions/components/Search/components/SearchBar/common/utils.ts
+++ b/src/components/Layout/components/Header/components/Content/components/Actions/components/Search/components/SearchBar/common/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 import { ReadonlyURLSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { SEARCH_PARAMETERS } from "./constants";
 
+/**
+ * Return a new URLSearchParams object.
+ * @param searchParams - Search params.
+ * @returns new URLSearchParams object.
+ */
+function getNewURLSearchParams(
+  searchParams: ReadonlyURLSearchParams | null
+): URLSearchParams {
+  if (!searchParams) return new URLSearchParams();
+  return new URLSearchParams(searchParams.toString());
+}
+
 /**
  * Return the search params, for the given search string.
  * @param searchParams - Current search params.
@@ -8,10 +20,10 @@ import { SEARCH_PARAMETERS } from "./constants";
  * @returns updated search params.
  */
 export function getSearchParams(
-  searchParams: ReadonlyURLSearchParams,
+  searchParams: ReadonlyURLSearchParams | null,
   searchStr: string
 ): URLSearchParams {
-  const params = new URLSearchParams(searchParams.toString());
+  const params = getNewURLSearchParams(searchParams);
   params.set(SEARCH_PARAMETERS.QUERY, searchStr);
   return params;
 }