From 6840ce8e539f59614b29dede0b0613796eae6aa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trevor Parker <tparker@originalyellow.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:33:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only invalidate when value is actually changed

---
 src/jquery.autocomplete.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jquery.autocomplete.js b/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
index 3fa3a4f..147a47b 100644
--- a/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
+++ b/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
                 query = that.getQuery(value),
                 index;
 
-            if (that.selection) {
+            if (that.selection && that.currentValue != query) {
                 that.selection = null;
                 (options.onInvalidateSelection || $.noop).call(that.element);
             }