diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index 54c58442874..715314aa622 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     }
 
     visibleOptions = computed(() => {
-        const options = this.group ? this.flatOptions(this.options) : this.options || [];
+        const options = this.getAllVisibleAndNonVisibleOptions();
 
         if (this._filterValue()) {
             const _filterBy = this.filterBy || this.optionLabel;
@@ -938,9 +938,13 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     });
 
     label = computed(() => {
-        const selectedOptionIndex = this.findSelectedOptionIndex();
+        // use  getAllVisibleAndNonVisibleOptions verses just visible options
+        // this will find the selected option whether or not the user is currently filtering  because the filtered (i.e. visible) options, are a subset of all the options
+        const options = this.getAllVisibleAndNonVisibleOptions();
+        // use isOptionEqualsModelValue for the use case where the dropdown is initalized with a disabled option
+        const selectedOptionIndex = options.findIndex((option) => this.isOptionEqualsModelValue(option));
 
-        return selectedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.getOptionLabel(this.visibleOptions()[selectedOptionIndex]) : this.placeholder() || 'p-emptylabel';
+        return selectedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.getOptionLabel(options[selectedOptionIndex]) : this.placeholder() || 'p-emptylabel';
     });
 
     filled = computed(() => {
@@ -971,6 +975,10 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
         });
     }
 
+    private getAllVisibleAndNonVisibleOptions() {
+        return this.group ? this.flatOptions(this.options) : this.options || [];
+    }
+
     ngOnInit() {
         this.id = this.id || UniqueComponentId();
         this.autoUpdateModel();
@@ -1126,7 +1134,11 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     }
 
     isSelected(option) {
-        return this.isValidOption(option) && ObjectUtils.equals(this.modelValue(), this.getOptionValue(option), this.equalityKey());
+        return this.isValidOption(option) && this.isOptionEqualsModelValue(option);
+    }
+
+    private isOptionEqualsModelValue(option: any) {
+        return ObjectUtils.equals(this.modelValue(), this.getOptionValue(option), this.equalityKey());
     }
 
     ngAfterViewInit() {