diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index 27a02ee16f8..cb81a4cd1f9 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
             if (this.filterViewChild && this.filterViewChild.nativeElement) {
                 this.preventModelTouched = true;
 
-                if (this.autofocusFilter) {
+                if (this.autofocusFilter && !this.editable) {
                     this.filterViewChild.nativeElement.focus();
                 }
             }