diff --git a/cypress/integration/control_autocomplete.js b/cypress/integration/control_autocomplete.js
index b5effb6965..3bf3e829f9 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/control_autocomplete.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/control_autocomplete.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ context('Control Autocomplete', () => {
 		cy.visit('/app/website');
 	});
 
-	function get_dialog_with_autocomplete() {
+	function get_dialog_with_autocomplete(options) {
 		cy.visit('/app/website');
 		return cy.dialog({
 			title: 'Autocomplete',
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ context('Control Autocomplete', () => {
 					'label': 'Select an option',
 					'fieldname': 'autocomplete',
 					'fieldtype': 'Autocomplete',
-					'options': ['Option 1', 'Option 2', 'Option 3'],
+					'options': options || ['Option 1', 'Option 2', 'Option 3'],
 				}
 			]
 		});
@@ -35,4 +35,23 @@ context('Control Autocomplete', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	it('should set the valid value with different label', () => {
+		const options_with_label = [
+			{ label: "Option 1", value: "option_1" },
+			{ label: "Option 2", value: "option_2" }
+		];
+		get_dialog_with_autocomplete(options_with_label).as('dialog');
+
+		cy.get('.frappe-control[data-fieldname=autocomplete] input').focus().as('input');
+		cy.get('.frappe-control[data-fieldname=autocomplete]').findByRole('listbox').should('be.visible');
+		cy.get('@input').type('2', { delay: 300 });
+		cy.get('.frappe-control[data-fieldname=autocomplete] input').type('{enter}', { delay: 300 });
+		cy.get('.frappe-control[data-fieldname=autocomplete] input').blur();
+		cy.get('@dialog').then(dialog => {
+			let value = dialog.get_value('autocomplete');
+			expect(value).to.eq('option_2');
+			dialog.clear();
+		});
+	});
+
 });
diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/autocomplete.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/autocomplete.js
index 45aa10a2fc..4e66ed6642 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/autocomplete.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/autocomplete.js
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ frappe.ui.form.ControlAutocomplete = class ControlAutoComplete extends frappe.ui
 		}
 	}
 
+	get_input_value() {
+		if (this.$input) {
+			const label = this.$input.val();
+			const item = this._data?.find(i => i.label == label);
+			return item ? item.value : label;
+		}
+	}
+
 	get_awesomplete_settings() {
 		var me = this;
 		return {
@@ -34,7 +42,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.ControlAutocomplete = class ControlAutoComplete extends frappe.ui
 			autoFirst: true,
 			list: this.get_data(),
 			data: function(item) {
-				if (!(item instanceof Object)) {
+				if (typeof item !== 'object') {
 					var d = { value: item };
 					item = d;
 				}