diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/completion.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/completion.lua
index 3a6f17aa78..4f6c9022ea 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/completion.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/completion.lua
@@ -211,8 +211,15 @@ local function get_completion_word(item, prefix, match)
   elseif item.textEdit then
     local word = item.textEdit.newText
     word = string.gsub(word, '\r\n?', '\n')
-    return word:match('([^\n]*)') or word
+    word = word:match('([^\n]*)') or word
+    if item.filterText and not match(word, prefix) then
+      return item.filterText
+    end
+    return word
   elseif item.insertText and item.insertText ~= '' then
+    if item.filterText and not match(item.insertText, prefix) then
+      return item.filterText
+    end
     return item.insertText
   end
   return item.label
diff --git a/test/functional/plugin/lsp/completion_spec.lua b/test/functional/plugin/lsp/completion_spec.lua
index c8310e94c9..00ef82327c 100644
--- a/test/functional/plugin/lsp/completion_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/plugin/lsp/completion_spec.lua
@@ -222,6 +222,59 @@ describe('vim.lsp.completion: item conversion', function()
     eq(expected, got)
   end
 
+  it('uses filterText as word if label/newText would not match', function()
+    local items = {
+      {
+        filterText = '<module',
+        insertTextFormat = 2,
+        kind = 10,
+        label = 'module',
+        sortText = 'module',
+        textEdit = {
+          newText = '<module>$1</module>$0',
+          range = {
+            start = { character = 0, line = 0 },
+            ['end'] = { character = 0, line = 0 },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        filterText = 'atto',
+        insertTextFormat = 1,
+        kind = 7,
+        label = '•std::atto',
+        sortText = 'atto',
+        textEdit = {
+          newText = 'std::atto',
+          range = {
+            start = { character = 0, line = 0 },
+            ['end'] = { character = 0, line = 0 },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        filterText = 'adopt_lock_t',
+        insertTextFormat = 1,
+        kind = 7,
+        label = '•std::adopt_lock_t',
+        sortText = 'adopt_lock_t',
+        insertText = 'std::adopt_lock_t',
+      },
+    }
+    assert_completion_matches('<mo', items, {
+      { abbr = 'module', word = '<module' },
+    })
+    assert_completion_matches('a', items, {
+      { abbr = '•std::atto', word = 'atto' },
+      { abbr = '•std::adopt_lock_t', word = 'adopt_lock_t' },
+    })
+    assert_completion_matches('', items, {
+      { abbr = 'module', word = 'module' },
+      { abbr = '•std::atto', word = 'std::atto' },
+      { abbr = '•std::adopt_lock_t', word = 'std::adopt_lock_t' },
+    })
+  end)
+
   describe('when completeopt has fuzzy matching enabled', function()
     before_each(function()
       exec_lua(function()
@@ -245,31 +298,6 @@ describe('vim.lsp.completion: item conversion', function()
       })
     end)
 
-    it('uses filterText as word if label/newText would not match', function()
-      local items = {
-        {
-          filterText = '<module',
-          insertTextFormat = 2,
-          kind = 10,
-          label = 'module',
-          sortText = 'module',
-          textEdit = {
-            newText = '<module>$1</module>$0',
-            range = {
-              start = { character = 0, line = 0 },
-              ['end'] = { character = 0, line = 0 },
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      }
-      assert_completion_matches('<mo', items, {
-        { abbr = 'module', word = '<module' },
-      })
-      assert_completion_matches('', items, {
-        { abbr = 'module', word = 'module' },
-      })
-    end)
-
     it('fuzzy matches on label when filterText is missing', function()
       assert_completion_matches('fo', {
         { label = 'foo' },