diff -u b/core/misc/autocomplete.js b/core/misc/autocomplete.js
--- b/core/misc/autocomplete.js
+++ b/core/misc/autocomplete.js
@@ -126,12 +126,13 @@
         $.extend(autocomplete.options, {
           firstCharacterBlacklist: blacklist || ''
         });
-        $autocomplete.on('change.autocomplete', function () {
-          autocomplete.options.isComposing = true;
+        $autocomplete.autocomplete(autocomplete.options).each(function () {
+          $(this).data('ui-autocomplete')._renderItem = autocomplete.options.renderItem;
         });
-        $autocomplete.on('compositionend.autocomplete', function () {
+        $autocomplete.on('change.autocomplete', function () {
           autocomplete.options.isComposing = false;
         });
+
         if (!isAndroid) {
           $autocomplete.on('compositionstart.autocomplete', function () {
             autocomplete.options.isComposing = true;
@@ -167,4 +168,4 @@
     }
   };
   Drupal.autocomplete = autocomplete;
-})(jQuery, Drupal);
+})(jQuery, Drupal);
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