diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhone.java b/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhone.java
index db7a37491..1a2063ddc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhone.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhone.java
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ public String getFamily() {
         return COMPONENT_FAMILY;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getDefaultEventName() {
-        return EVENT_COUNTRY_SELECT;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public String getInputClientId() {
         return getClientId() + INPUT_SUFFIX;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhoneRenderer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhoneRenderer.java
index 63b56072c..aef83c019 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhoneRenderer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/primefaces/extensions/component/inputphone/InputPhoneRenderer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
  */
 package org.primefaces.extensions.component.inputphone;
 
+import static org.primefaces.extensions.component.inputphone.InputPhone.EVENT_COUNTRY_SELECT;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -113,7 +115,8 @@ public Object getConvertedValue(final FacesContext context, final UIComponent co
         else {
             inputPhone.setInitialCountry(country);
         }
-        if (PrimeExtensionsEnvironment.getCurrentInstance(context).isLibphonenumberAvailable()) {
+        if (needsValidation(context)
+                    && PrimeExtensionsEnvironment.getCurrentInstance(context).isLibphonenumberAvailable()) {
             PhoneNumberUtilWrapper.validate(value, country.toUpperCase(), inputPhone.getValidatorMessage());
         }
         else {
@@ -122,6 +125,13 @@ public Object getConvertedValue(final FacesContext context, final UIComponent co
         return value;
     }
 
+    protected boolean needsValidation(final FacesContext context) {
+        final String eventName = context.getExternalContext()
+                    .getRequestParameterMap()
+                    .get(Constants.RequestParams.PARTIAL_BEHAVIOR_EVENT_PARAM);
+        return !EVENT_COUNTRY_SELECT.equals(eventName);
+    }
+
     protected void encodeMarkup(final FacesContext context, final InputPhone inputPhone, final String valueToRender)
                 throws IOException {
         final ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();