diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index a5b0dcd30..93ed40c6f 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 - **Button** - Fixed issue where `disabled loading button` would not remove `pointer-events` #2933
 - **Button/Dropdown** - Button dropdowns using `default text` no longer receive incorrect font styling for placeholder text
 - **Checkbox** - Radio buttons received `indeterminate` styles when user has not yet interacted with the page in Chrome
+- **Dropdown** - Dropdowns no longer re-open on selection when nested inside of a `<label>` #3917
 - **Dropdown** - Fixed bug where using `action: 'hide'` could cause `text` value not to be passed to `onChange` callback
 - **Dropdown** - Regenerated dropdown will no longer ignore `disabled` property #4010 **Thanks @eymengunay!**
 - **Dropdown** - `apiSettings` was not defaulting to use `cache: 'local'` as specified in the docs
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/search.js b/src/definitions/modules/search.js
index fa66e2cf8..c33d772cd 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/search.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/search.js
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ $.fn.search = function(parameters) {
               var
                 $result = $(this),
                 $title  = $result.find(selector.title).eq(0),
-                $link   = $result.find('a[href]').eq(0),
+                $link   = $result.is('a[href]')
+                  ? $result
+                  : $result.find('a[href]').eq(0),
                 href    = $link.attr('href')   || false,
                 target  = $link.attr('target') || false,
                 title   = $title.html(),