diff --git a/src/modules/select/components/multi-select.ts b/src/modules/select/components/multi-select.ts
index 0bb77e47b..ad8874785 100644
--- a/src/modules/select/components/multi-select.ts
+++ b/src/modules/select/components/multi-select.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export class SuiMultiSelect<T, U> extends SuiSelectBase<T, U> implements ICustom
                     .filter(v => v != undefined);
             }
             if (values.length > 0 && this.selectedOptions.length === 0) {
-                if (this.valueField && this.searchService.hasItemLookup) {
+                if (this.searchService.hasItemLookup) {
                     // If the search service has a selected lookup function, make use of that to load the initial values.
                     this.searchService
                         .initialLookup(values)