diff --git a/tools/tui/readline/completion.go b/tools/tui/readline/completion.go
index c3ff0155f..1f37df37e 100644
--- a/tools/tui/readline/completion.go
+++ b/tools/tui/readline/completion.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (self *Readline) complete(forwards bool, repeat_count uint) bool {
 			self.input_state.lines[self.input_state.cursor.Y] += al[0]
 			self.input_state.lines = append(self.input_state.lines, al[1:]...)
 		}
-		if c.current.num_of_matches == 1 && self.AllText() == all_text_before_completion {
+		if c.current.num_of_matches == 1 && self.AllText() == all_text_before_completion && repeat_count > 0 {
 			// when there is only a single match and it has already been inserted there is no point iterating over current completions
 			orig := self.last_action
 			self.last_action = ActionNil