diff --git a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/scripts/search-controls.js b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/scripts/search-controls.js
index 2425a314e5..c69028fc50 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/scripts/search-controls.js
+++ b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/scripts/search-controls.js
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@
 
                 mainForm.find('input[name="' + param + '"]').val(value);
             }
+
+            //DS-3835 ensure that the current scope is passed as form field "scope"
+            mainForm.find('input[name="current-scope"]')
+                    .val($('select[name="scope"]').val())
+                    .attr("name","scope");
+
             //Clear the page param
             mainForm.find('input[name="page"]').val('1');
 
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/static/js/discovery/search-controls.js b/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/static/js/discovery/search-controls.js
index 31458564e0..ddfe9c6ec6 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/static/js/discovery/search-controls.js
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/static/js/discovery/search-controls.js
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
 
                     mainForm.find('input[name="' + param + '"]').val(value);
                 }
+
+                //DS-3835 ensure that the current scope is passed as form field "scope"
+                mainForm.find('input[name="current-scope"]')
+                        .val($('select[name="scope"]').val())
+                        .attr("name","scope");
+
                 //Clear the page param
                 mainForm.find('input[name="page"]').val('1');