diff --git a/app/views/fields/select/_form.html.erb b/app/views/fields/select/_form.html.erb
index 3accbc7237..4ccf874644 100644
--- a/app/views/fields/select/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/fields/select/_form.html.erb
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ to be displayed on a resource's edit form page.
 <div class="field-unit__field">
   <%= f.select(
     field.attribute,
-    options_from_collection_for_select(field.selectable_options, :to_s, :to_s)
+    options_from_collection_for_select(
+      field.selectable_options,
+      :to_s,
+      :to_s,
+      field.data.presence,
+    )
   ) %>
 </div>