diff --git a/src/uiSelectController.js b/src/uiSelectController.js
index 3d94ab3b0..65d871ac7 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectController.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectController.js
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ uis.controller('uiSelectCtrl',
     }
 
     ctrl.refreshItems = function (data){
-      $scope.calculateDropdownPos();
       data = data || ctrl.parserResult.source($scope);
       var selectedItems = ctrl.selected;
       //TODO should implement for single mode removeSelected
@@ -181,6 +180,9 @@ uis.controller('uiSelectCtrl',
           ctrl.setItemsFn(filteredItems);
         }
       }
+      if (ctrl.dropdownPosition === 'auto' || ctrl.dropdownPosition === 'up'){
+        $scope.calculateDropdownPos();
+      }
     };
 
     // See https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/v1.2.15/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js#L259