diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html
index b5b6ea84b..1d7bf82e5 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@
 {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/header.html" with title=choose_str subtitle=snippet_type_name icon="snippet" %}
 
 <div class="nice-padding">
-    {% if is_searchable %}
-        <form class="snippet-search search-bar" action="{% url 'wagtailsnippets:choose' content_type.app_label content_type.model %}" method="GET">
+    {# Need to keep the form in the HTML, even if the snippet is not searchable #}
+    {# This is to allow pagination links to be generated from the form action URL #}
+    <form class="snippet-search search-bar" action="{% url 'wagtailsnippets:choose' content_type.app_label content_type.model %}" method="GET">
+        {% if is_searchable %}
             <ul class="fields">
                 {% for field in search_form %}
                     {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/field_as_li.html" with field=field %}
                 {% endfor %}
                 <li class="submit"><input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Search' %}" /></li>
             </ul>
-        </form>
-    {% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
+    </form>
 
     <div id="search-results" class="listing snippets">
         {% include "wagtailsnippets/chooser/results.html" with choosing=1 %}
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js
index d2320259b..fe5cd2a18 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function initModal(modal) {
     function setPage(page) {
         var dataObj = {p: page, results: 'true'};
 
-        if ($('#id_q').val().length) {
+        if ($('#id_q').length && $('#id_q').val().length) {
             dataObj.q = $('#id_q').val();
         }
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/snippets/results.html b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/snippets/results.html
index 09edc8b12..3bb5ec29f 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/snippets/results.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/snippets/results.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% if items %}
     {% if is_searching %}
         <h2>
-        {% blocktrans count counter=items|length %}
+        {% blocktrans count counter=items.paginator.count %}
             There is one match
         {% plural %}
             There are {{ counter }} matches