diff --git a/src/renderers/Form/NestedSelect.tsx b/src/renderers/Form/NestedSelect.tsx
index 978e98e9..77d0ad4d 100644
--- a/src/renderers/Form/NestedSelect.tsx
+++ b/src/renderers/Form/NestedSelect.tsx
@@ -302,14 +302,18 @@ export default class NestedSelectControl extends React.Component<
     const {options, labelField, valueField} = this.props;
 
     const regexp = new RegExp(`${inputValue}`, 'i');
-    const iterator = (option: Option) =>
-      regexp.test(option[labelField || 'label']) ||
-      regexp.test(option[valueField || 'value']) ||
-      (!!option.children && option.children.some(iterator));
 
     let filtedOptions =
       inputValue && this.state.isOpened
-        ? filterTree(options, iterator)
+        ? filterTree(
+            options,
+            option =>
+              regexp.test(option[labelField || 'label']) ||
+              regexp.test(option[valueField || 'value']) ||
+              !!(option.children && option.children.length),
+            1,
+            true
+          )
         : options.concat();
 
     this.setState({
diff --git a/src/utils/helper.ts b/src/utils/helper.ts
index 4e7adea3..ed2c85c7 100644
--- a/src/utils/helper.ts
+++ b/src/utils/helper.ts
@@ -833,15 +833,28 @@ export function getTree<T extends TreeItem>(
 export function filterTree<T extends TreeItem>(
   tree: Array<T>,
   iterator: (item: T, key: number, level: number) => boolean,
-  level: number = 1
+  level: number = 1,
+  depthFirst: boolean = false
 ) {
+  if (depthFirst) {
+    return tree
+      .map(item => {
+        let children: TreeArray | undefined = item.children
+          ? filterTree(item.children, iterator, level + 1, depthFirst)
+          : undefined;
+        children && (item = {...item, children: children});
+        return item;
+      })
+      .filter((item, index) => iterator(item, index, level));
+  }
+
   return tree
     .filter((item, index) => iterator(item, index, level))
     .map(item => {
       if (item.children && item.children.splice) {
         item = {
           ...item,
-          children: filterTree(item.children, iterator, level + 1)
+          children: filterTree(item.children, iterator, level + 1, depthFirst)
         };
       }
       return item;