diff --git a/src/hooks/useSearchOptions.ts b/src/hooks/useSearchOptions.ts
index 4f5a77bf..d133273b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSearchOptions.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSearchOptions.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export default (
         if (
           // If is leaf option
           !children ||
+          children.length === 0 ||
           // If is changeOnSelect
           changeOnSelect
         ) {
diff --git a/tests/search.spec.tsx b/tests/search.spec.tsx
index 507a892a..0f2d877e 100644
--- a/tests/search.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/search.spec.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ describe('Cascader.Search', () => {
             {
               label: 'Toy Fish',
               value: 'fish',
+              // Leave a empty children here. But cascader should think this is a leaf node.
+              children: [],
             },
             {
               label: 'Toy Cards',