diff --git a/app/main/views/find_users.py b/app/main/views/find_users.py
index 11c1242f6..fa42b5a19 100644
--- a/app/main/views/find_users.py
+++ b/app/main/views/find_users.py
@@ -14,16 +14,13 @@ from app.utils import user_is_platform_admin
 def find_users_by_email():
     form = SearchUsersByEmailForm()
     users_found = None
-    status = 200
     if form.validate_on_submit():
         users_found = user_api_client.find_users_by_full_or_partial_email(form.search.data)['data']
-    elif request.method == 'POST':
-        status = 400
     return render_template(
         'views/find-users/find-users-by-email.html',
         form=form,
         users_found=users_found
-    ), status
+    )
 
 
 @main.route("/users/<user_id>", methods=['GET'])
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_find_users.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_find_users.py
index 345c10bef..5c64e8dd9 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_find_users.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_find_users.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_find_users_by_email_validates_against_empty_search_submission(
     mocker
 ):
     client_request.login(platform_admin_user)
-    document = client_request.post('main.find_users_by_email', _data={"search": ""}, _expected_status=400)
+    document = client_request.post('main.find_users_by_email', _data={"search": ""}, _expected_status=200)
 
     expected_message = "You need to enter full or partial email address to search by."
     assert document.find('span', {'class': 'error-message'}).text.strip() == expected_message