diff --git a/src/app/components/listbox/listbox.ts b/src/app/components/listbox/listbox.ts
index 8a3fd9c2a9..dbb46d3e90 100755
--- a/src/app/components/listbox/listbox.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/listbox/listbox.ts
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ export class Listbox implements AfterContentInit, OnInit, ControlValueAccessor,
 
         if (this.searchFields[0] === undefined) {
             return filterValue ? options.filter((option) => option.toString().toLocaleLowerCase(this.filterLocale).indexOf(filterValue.toLocaleLowerCase(this.filterLocale).trim()) !== -1) : options;
-        } else return filterValue ? this.filterService.filter(options, this.searchFields, this._filterValue(), this.filterMatchMode, this.filterLocale) : options;
+        } else return filterValue ? this.filterService.filter(options, this.searchFields, filterValue, this.filterMatchMode, this.filterLocale) : options;
     });
 
     constructor(