diff --git a/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js b/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js
index 1ba2fa4c5fe..4f687b7199c 100644
--- a/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js
+++ b/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 					);
 
 				this.find('.treedropdownfield-panel').prepend(
-					$('<input type="text" class="search treedropdownfield-search" data-skip-autofocus="true" placeholder="' + title + '" value="' + this.getValue(title) + '" />')
+					$('<input type="text" class="search treedropdownfield-search" data-skip-autofocus="true" placeholder="' + title + '" value="" />')
 				);
 			},
 			search: function(str, callback) {