diff --git a/lib/components/content.js b/lib/components/content.js
index 0566e16e2..a8046caa7 100644
--- a/lib/components/content.js
+++ b/lib/components/content.js
@@ -59,6 +59,33 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
     // )
   }
 
+  /**
+   * While rendering set a flag, so that we can ignore any `select` events that
+   * fire because of the leaf nodes updating their selection.
+   *
+   * @param {Object} props
+   */
+
+  componentWillMount(props) {
+    this.tmp.isRendering = true
+  }
+
+  componentWillUpdate(props) {
+    this.tmp.isRendering = true
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.tmp.isRendering = false
+    })
+  }
+
+  componentDidUpdate() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.tmp.isRendering = false
+    })
+  }
+
   /**
    * On before input, bubble up.
    *
@@ -262,6 +289,7 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
    */
 
   onSelect(e) {
+    if (this.tmp.isRendering) return
     if (this.tmp.isCopying) return
 
     let { state } = this.props