diff --git a/addons/hr_expense/models/hr_expense.py b/addons/hr_expense/models/hr_expense.py
index e83b9ca66a8..53c64c4a5ac 100644
--- a/addons/hr_expense/models/hr_expense.py
+++ b/addons/hr_expense/models/hr_expense.py
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ class HrExpense(models.Model):
             product = default_product
         else:
             expense_description = expense_description.replace(product_code.group(), '')
-            product = self.env['product.product'].search([('default_code', 'ilike', product_code.group(1))]) or default_product
+            products = self.env['product.product'].search([('default_code', 'ilike', product_code.group(1))]) or default_product
+            product = products.filtered(lambda p: p.default_code == product_code.group(1)) or products[0]
 
         pattern = '[-+]?(\d+(\.\d*)?|\.\d+)([eE][-+]?\d+)?'
         # Match the last occurence of a float in the string