diff --git a/src/extensions/default/CSSCodeHints/main.js b/src/extensions/default/CSSCodeHints/main.js
index f34104cf400..063d0728061 100644
--- a/src/extensions/default/CSSCodeHints/main.js
+++ b/src/extensions/default/CSSCodeHints/main.js
@@ -321,7 +321,13 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
                 selectInitial = true;
             }
             
-            lastContext = CSSUtils.PROP_NAME;
+            if (lastContext === CSSUtils.PROP_VALUE) {
+                // close the session if we're coming from a property value
+                // see https://github.com/adobe/brackets/issues/9496
+                return null;
+            } else {
+                lastContext = CSSUtils.PROP_NAME;
+            }
             needle = needle.substr(0, this.info.offset);
    
             result = $.map(properties, function (pvalues, pname) {