diff --git a/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/chooser/chooser.js b/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/chooser/chooser.js
index 065c00f6b6..026f54da97 100644
--- a/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/chooser/chooser.js
+++ b/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/chooser/chooser.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function(modal) {
         return false;
     });
 
-    $('form.document-search', modal.body).submit(search);
+    $('form.document-search', modal.body).on('submit', search);
 
     $('#id_q').on('input', function() {
         clearTimeout($.data(this, 'timer'));
diff --git a/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/chooser/chooser.js b/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/chooser/chooser.js
index 891a68c69c..6a43592052 100644
--- a/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/chooser/chooser.js
+++ b/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/chooser/chooser.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function(modal) {
         return false;
     });
 
-    $('form.image-search', modal.body).submit(search);
+    $('form.image-search', modal.body).on('submit', search);
 
     $('#id_q').on('input', function() {
         clearTimeout($.data(this, 'timer'));
diff --git a/wagtail/search/templates/wagtailsearch/queries/chooser/chooser.js b/wagtail/search/templates/wagtailsearch/queries/chooser/chooser.js
index 9cd2592c4e..0335ab2e2c 100644
--- a/wagtail/search/templates/wagtailsearch/queries/chooser/chooser.js
+++ b/wagtail/search/templates/wagtailsearch/queries/chooser/chooser.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function(modal) {
 
     ajaxifyLinks(modal.body);
 
-    $('form.query-search', modal.body).submit(search);
+    $('form.query-search', modal.body).on('submit', search);
 
     $('#id_q').on('input', function() {
         clearTimeout($.data(this, 'timer'));
diff --git a/wagtail/snippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js b/wagtail/snippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js
index cc6a901ff9..31ef3e923a 100644
--- a/wagtail/snippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js
+++ b/wagtail/snippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function initModal(modal) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    $('form.snippet-search', modal.body).submit(search);
+    $('form.snippet-search', modal.body).on('submit', search);
 
     $('#id_q').on('input', function() {
         clearTimeout($.data(this, 'timer'));