diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index a4cfe2704e..6a7b7a0627 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
 		<li>[Fix] Do not cut post-message in between HTML-Entities on search.php (Bug #31505 - Patch by leviatan21)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Correctly set attachment flag for topics, posts and pms after deleting attachments (Bug #48265 - Patch by WorldWar and nickvergessen)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Display &quot;Locked&quot; button instead of &quot;Reply&quot; one for locked forum in viewtopic (prosilver). (Bug #38055 - Patch by Raimon)</li>
+		<li>[Fix] Correctly propagate umlauts over search result pages (Bug #33755)</li>
 		<li>[Change] Change the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance.</li>
 		<li>[Change] Add index on log_time to the log table to prevent slowdown on boards with many log entries. (Bug #44665 - Patch by bantu)</li>
 		<li>[Change] Template engine now permits to a limited extent variable includes.</li>
diff --git a/phpBB/search.php b/phpBB/search.php
index 61aa16a6fb..65e56b5d31 100644
--- a/phpBB/search.php
+++ b/phpBB/search.php
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ if ($keywords || $author || $author_id || $search_id || $submit)
 
 	$u_search = append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}search.$phpEx", $u_sort_param . $u_show_results);
 	$u_search .= ($search_id) ? '&amp;search_id=' . $search_id : '';
-	$u_search .= ($u_hilit) ? '&amp;keywords=' . urlencode(htmlspecialchars_decode($search->search_query)) : '';
+	$u_search .= ($u_hilit) ? '&amp;keywords=' . urlencode(htmlspecialchars_decode($keywords)) : '';
 	$u_search .= ($search_terms != 'all') ? '&amp;terms=' . $search_terms : '';
 	$u_search .= ($topic_id) ? '&amp;t=' . $topic_id : '';
 	$u_search .= ($author) ? '&amp;author=' . urlencode(htmlspecialchars_decode($author)) : '';