diff --git a/src/uiSelectMultipleDirective.js b/src/uiSelectMultipleDirective.js
index 472555172..498c2ead1 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectMultipleDirective.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectMultipleDirective.js
@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ uis.directive('uiSelectMultiple', ['uiSelectMinErr','$timeout', function(uiSelec
             locals[$select.parserResult.itemName] = list[p];
             result = $select.parserResult.modelMapper(scope, locals);
             if($select.parserResult.trackByExp){
-                var matches = /\.(.+)/.exec($select.parserResult.trackByExp);
-                if(matches.length>0 && result[matches[1]] == value[matches[1]]){
-                    resultMultiple.unshift(list[p]);
-                    return true;
+                var propsItemNameMatches = /(\w*)\./.exec($select.parserResult.trackByExp);
+                var matches = /\.([^\s]+)/.exec($select.parserResult.trackByExp);
+                if(propsItemNameMatches.length > 0 && propsItemNameMatches[1] == $select.parserResult.itemName){
+                  if(matches.length>0 && result[matches[1]] == value[matches[1]]){
+                      resultMultiple.unshift(list[p]);
+                      return true;
+                  }
                 }
             }
             if (angular.equals(result,value)){