diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/control_panel/search_bar.js b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/control_panel/search_bar.js
index 833b5eb8563..53358df6a07 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/control_panel/search_bar.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/control_panel/search_bar.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ odoo.define('web.SearchBar', function (require) {
             // - Selection sources
             // - "no result" items
             if (source.active) {
-                const labelValue = source.label || this.state.inputValue;
+                const labelValue = source.label || this.state.inputValue.trim();
                 this.model.dispatch('addAutoCompletionValues', {
                     filterId: source.filterId,
                     value: "value" in source ? source.value : this._parseWithSource(labelValue, source),
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/control_panel/search_bar_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/control_panel/search_bar_tests.js
index 61c54935266..075f103ca6f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/control_panel/search_bar_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/control_panel/search_bar_tests.js
@@ -251,6 +251,38 @@ QUnit.module("Search Bar (legacy)", (hooks) => {
                 "a", "There should be a field facet with label 'a'");
         });
 
+        QUnit.test('autocomplete input is trimmed', async function (assert) {
+            assert.expect(3);
+
+            let searchReadCount = 0;
+            const webClient = await createWebClient({
+                serverData,
+                mockRPC: (route, args) => {
+                    if (route === '/web/dataset/search_read') {
+                        switch (searchReadCount) {
+                            case 0:
+                                // Done on loading
+                                break;
+                            case 1:
+                                assert.deepEqual(args.domain, [["foo", "ilike", "a"]]);
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        searchReadCount++;
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            await doAction(webClient, 1);
+
+            const searchInput = target.querySelector('.o_searchview_input');
+            await testUtils.fields.editInput(searchInput, 'a ');
+            assert.containsN(target, '.o_searchview_autocomplete li', 2,
+                "there should be 2 result for 'a' in search bar autocomplete");
+
+            await testUtils.dom.triggerEvent(searchInput, 'keydown', {key: 'Enter'});
+            assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('.o_searchview_input_container .o_facet_values').innerText.trim(),
+                "a", "There should be a field facet with label 'a'");
+        });
+
         QUnit.test('select an autocomplete field with `context` key', async function (assert) {
             assert.expect(9);