diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/te-work-package-edit-field.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/te-work-package-edit-field.component.ts
index 2de300afd5..67ea126b30 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/te-work-package-edit-field.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/te-work-package-edit-field.component.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export class TimeEntryWorkPackageEditFieldComponent extends WorkPackageEditField
     // existing values.
     if (this.referenceOutputs) {
       this.referenceOutputs['modeSwitch'] = (mode:TimeEntryWorkPackageAutocompleterMode) => {
+        this.valuesLoaded = false;
         let lastValue = this.requests.lastRequestedValue!;
 
         // Hack to provide a new value to "reset" the input.
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.html b/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.html
index a21fbe18be..0e23f83553 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
                                    model: selectedOption ? selectedOption : '',
                                    required: required,
                                    disabled: inFlight,
-                                   typeahead: requests.input$,
+                                   typeahead: typeahead,
                                    id: handler.htmlId,
                                    finishedLoading: requests.loading$,
                                    hideSelected: true,
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.ts
index d895bd2057..5bced89019 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/fields/edit/field-types/work-package-edit-field.component.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ export class WorkPackageEditFieldComponent extends SelectEditFieldComponent {
     });
   }
 
+  public get typeahead() {
+    if (this.valuesLoaded) {
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      return this.requests.input$;
+    }
+  }
+
   protected allowedValuesFilter(query?:string):{} {
     let filterParams = super.allowedValuesFilter(query);