diff --git a/packages/lib/src/text-input/Suggestions.tsx b/packages/lib/src/text-input/Suggestions.tsx
index 7355ada6f..9fbad145f 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/text-input/Suggestions.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/text-input/Suggestions.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ const Suggestions = ({
   }, [visualFocusIndex]);
 
   return (
-    <SuggestionsContainer style={styles}>
+    <SuggestionsContainer
+      onMouseDown={(event) => {
+        event.preventDefault();
+      }}
+      style={styles}
+    >
       {isSearching ? (
         <SuggestionsSystemMessage aria-live="polite">
           {translatedLabels.textInput.searchingMessage}
@@ -77,16 +82,7 @@ const Suggestions = ({
           {translatedLabels.textInput.fetchingDataErrorMessage}
         </SuggestionsErrorMessage>
       ) : (
-        <ul
-          aria-label="Suggestions"
-          id={id}
-          onMouseDown={(event) => {
-            event.preventDefault();
-          }}
-          ref={listboxRef}
-          role="listbox"
-          style={{ margin: 0, padding: 0 }}
-        >
+        <ul aria-label="Suggestions" id={id} ref={listboxRef} role="listbox" style={{ margin: 0, padding: 0 }}>
           {suggestions.map((suggestion, index) => (
             <Suggestion
               highlighted={highlightedSuggestions}
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/text-input/TextInput.test.tsx b/packages/lib/src/text-input/TextInput.test.tsx
index c8f234ff4..93b6d5d66 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/text-input/TextInput.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/text-input/TextInput.test.tsx
@@ -910,6 +910,23 @@ describe("TextInput component synchronous autosuggest tests", () => {
     expect(list).toBeTruthy();
     expect(getAllByText("?").length).toBe(1);
   });
+
+  test("Autosuggest scrollbar behaviour", () => {
+    const onChange = jest.fn();
+    const { getByRole, queryByRole } = render(
+      <DxcTextInput label="Autocomplete Countries" suggestions={countries} onChange={onChange} />
+    );
+    const input = getByRole("combobox");
+    fireEvent.focus(input);
+    const list = getByRole("listbox");
+    expect(list).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const suggestionsContainer = list.parentElement;
+    fireEvent.mouseDown(suggestionsContainer!);
+    expect(getByRole("listbox")).toBeTruthy();
+    fireEvent.blur(input);
+    expect(queryByRole("listbox")).toBeFalsy();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("TextInput component asynchronous autosuggest tests", () => {