diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/select.ftl b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/select.ftl
index 75e916d3b..473e77561 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/select.ftl
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/select.ftl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             <#assign itemValue = stack.findString('top')/>
         </#if>
     <option value="${itemKey?html}"<#rt/>
-        <#if tag.contains(parameters.nameValue, itemKey) == true>
+        <#if parameters.nameValue?exists && tag.contains(parameters.nameValue.toString(), itemKey) == true>
  selected="selected"<#rt/>
         </#if>
     >${itemValue?html}</option><#lt/>