diff --git a/src/nvim/insexpand.c b/src/nvim/insexpand.c
index 1522aeeb75..c17bd27daa 100644
--- a/src/nvim/insexpand.c
+++ b/src/nvim/insexpand.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,9 @@ static int ins_compl_build_pum(void)
         if (comp->cp_score > max_fuzzy_score) {
           did_find_shown_match = true;
           max_fuzzy_score = comp->cp_score;
-          compl_shown_match = comp;
+          if (!compl_no_select) {
+            compl_shown_match = comp;
+          }
         }
 
         if (!shown_match_ok && comp == compl_shown_match && !compl_no_select) {
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
index b90c0013d9..48319f5017 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
@@ -2664,6 +2664,13 @@ func Test_complete_fuzzy_match()
   call feedkeys("A\<C-X>\<C-N>\<Esc>0", 'tx!')
   call assert_equal('hello help hero h', getline('.'))
 
+  " issue #15526
+  set completeopt=fuzzy,menuone,menu,noselect
+  call setline(1, ['Text', 'ToText', ''])
+  call cursor(2, 1)
+  call feedkeys("STe\<C-X>\<C-N>x\<CR>\<Esc>0", 'tx!')
+  call assert_equal('Tex', getline('.'))
+
   " clean up
   set omnifunc=
   bw!