diff --git a/lib/form/searchableselector.php b/lib/form/searchableselector.php
index dcad9dc958f..681549bd72f 100644
--- a/lib/form/searchableselector.php
+++ b/lib/form/searchableselector.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_searchableselector extends MoodleQuickForm_select{
      */
     function toHtml(){
         global $OUTPUT;
-        if ($this->_hiddenLabel){
+        if ($this->_hiddenLabel || $this->_flagFrozen) {
             return parent::toHtml();
         } else {
             // Javascript for the search/selection fields