diff --git a/src/components/forms/auto-complete/RuiAutoComplete.vue b/src/components/forms/auto-complete/RuiAutoComplete.vue
index 85b3e98..fd5283d 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/auto-complete/RuiAutoComplete.vue
+++ b/src/components/forms/auto-complete/RuiAutoComplete.vue
@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@ watch(anyFocused, (focused) => {
 function onInputFocused() {
   set(isOpen, true);
   set(focusedValueIndex, -1);
-  get(textInput)?.select();
+  if (get(shouldApplyValueAsSearch))
+    get(textInput)?.select();
+
   set(justOpened, true);
 }