diff --git a/src/components/select/filterable-select/filterable-select.stories.tsx b/src/components/select/filterable-select/filterable-select.stories.tsx
index 74d7379b05..fa0df63279 100644
--- a/src/components/select/filterable-select/filterable-select.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/select/filterable-select/filterable-select.stories.tsx
@@ -774,7 +774,9 @@ export const CustomFilterAndOptionStyle = () => {
         { text: "Yellow", color: "#FFFF00" },
       ].filter(
         ({ text }) =>
-          !filterText || text.toLowerCase().includes(filterText.toLowerCase())
+          !filterText ||
+          (filterText.trim().length &&
+            text.toLowerCase().includes(filterText.trim().toLowerCase()))
       ),
     [filterText]
   );