diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index 8cb31b2dbd..b3f1dc969b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class GitLabDropdown
         return false
 
       if currentKeyCode is 13
-        @selectRowAtIndex currentIndex
+        @selectRowAtIndex if currentIndex < 0 then 0 else currentIndex
 
   removeArrayKeyEvent: ->
     $('body').off 'keydown'