diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua
index ee4c25c06..2c69991d5 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua
@@ -102,14 +102,11 @@ function LoginDialog:onSwitchFocus(inputbox)
     -- unfocus current inputbox
     self._input_widget:unfocus()
     self._input_widget:onCloseKeyboard()
-    UIManager:close(self)
-
     -- focus new inputbox
     self._input_widget = inputbox
     self._input_widget:focus()
     self._input_widget:onShowKeyboard()
-
-    UIManager:show(self)
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, "ui")
 end
 
 return LoginDialog