diff --git a/tool/tsh/db.go b/tool/tsh/db.go
index f7918b7bfe410..d716ec3fd8f3c 100644
--- a/tool/tsh/db.go
+++ b/tool/tsh/db.go
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ func onDatabaseConnect(cf *CLIConf) error {
 // is active in profile and no labels or predicate query are given.
 // Otherwise, the ListDatabases endpoint is called.
 func getDatabaseInfo(cf *CLIConf, tc *client.TeleportClient) (*databaseInfo, error) {
-	haveSelectors := len(tc.Labels) > 0 || tc.PredicateExpression != ""
+	haveSelectors := tc.DatabaseService != "" || len(tc.Labels) > 0 || tc.PredicateExpression != ""
 	if !haveSelectors {
 		// if selectors are given, we might incur an extra ListDatabases API
 		// call here to match against an active database.
diff --git a/tool/tsh/db_test.go b/tool/tsh/db_test.go
index 4f37a0442213b..3f1168d82b694 100644
--- a/tool/tsh/db_test.go
+++ b/tool/tsh/db_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gravitational/trace"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/gravitational/teleport"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/constants"
 	apidefaults "github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/defaults"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/types"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func TestTshDB(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Login", testDatabaseLogin)
 	t.Run("List", testListDatabase)
 	t.Run("FilterActiveDatabases", testFilterActiveDatabases)
-	t.Run("GetDatabase", testGetDatabase)
+	t.Run("DatabaseInfo", testDatabaseInfo)
 }
 
 // testDatabaseLogin tests "tsh db login" command and verifies "tsh db
@@ -931,7 +932,7 @@ func testFilterActiveDatabases(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func testGetDatabase(t *testing.T) {
+func testDatabaseInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	alice, err := types.NewUser("alice@example.com")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -948,6 +949,13 @@ func testGetDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 			StaticLabels: map[string]string{
 				"env": "local",
 			},
+		}, {
+			Name:     "postgres-2",
+			Protocol: defaults.ProtocolPostgres,
+			URI:      "localhost:5432",
+			StaticLabels: map[string]string{
+				"env": "local",
+			},
 		}, {
 			Name:     "mysql",
 			Protocol: defaults.ProtocolMySQL,
@@ -996,71 +1004,102 @@ func testGetDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpHomePath, _ := mustLogin(t, s)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
-	for _, db := range databases {
-		require.NotEmpty(t, db.Name)
-		require.NotEmpty(t, db.Protocol)
-		route := tlsca.RouteToDatabase{
-			ServiceName: db.Name,
-			Protocol:    db.Protocol,
-			Username:    defaultDBUser,
-			Database:    defaultDBName,
-		}
-		t.Run(route.ServiceName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Run("with active db cert", func(t *testing.T) {
-				cf := &CLIConf{
-					Context:         ctx,
-					TracingProvider: tracing.NoopProvider(),
-					HomePath:        tmpHomePath,
-				}
-				tc, err := makeClient(cf)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				dbInfo, err := newDatabaseInfo(cf, tc, &route)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				require.Nil(t, dbInfo.database, "with an active cert the database should not have been fetched")
-				db, err := dbInfo.GetDatabase(cf, tc)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				if route.Protocol == defaults.ProtocolDynamoDB {
-					// v13 specific. We remove the dynamodb schema name from the route since it's not supported.
-					require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, dbInfo.ServiceName)
-					require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, dbInfo.Protocol)
-					require.Equal(t, route.Username, dbInfo.Username)
-				} else {
-					require.Equal(t, route, dbInfo.RouteToDatabase)
-				}
-				require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, db.GetName())
-				require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, db.GetProtocol())
-				require.Equal(t, dbInfo.database, db, "database should have been fetched and cached")
-			})
-			t.Run("without active db cert", func(t *testing.T) {
-				cf := &CLIConf{
-					Context:         ctx,
-					TracingProvider: tracing.NoopProvider(),
-					HomePath:        tmpHomePath,
-					DatabaseService: route.ServiceName,
-					DatabaseUser:    route.Username,
-					DatabaseName:    route.Database,
-				}
-				tc, err := makeClient(cf)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				dbInfo, err := newDatabaseInfo(cf, tc, nil)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				require.NotNil(t, dbInfo.database, "without an active cert the database should have been fetched")
-				db, err := dbInfo.GetDatabase(cf, tc)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				if route.Protocol == defaults.ProtocolDynamoDB {
-					// v13 specific. We remove the dynamodb schema name from the route since it's not supported.
-					require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, dbInfo.ServiceName)
-					require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, dbInfo.Protocol)
-					require.Equal(t, route.Username, dbInfo.Username)
-				} else {
-					require.Equal(t, route, dbInfo.RouteToDatabase)
-				}
-				require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, db.GetName())
-				require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, db.GetProtocol())
-				require.Equal(t, dbInfo.database, db, "cached database should be the same")
+	t.Run("newDatabaseInfo", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, db := range databases {
+			require.NotEmpty(t, db.Name)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, db.Protocol)
+			route := tlsca.RouteToDatabase{
+				ServiceName: db.Name,
+				Protocol:    db.Protocol,
+				Username:    defaultDBUser,
+				Database:    defaultDBName,
+			}
+			t.Run(route.ServiceName, func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Run("with active db cert", func(t *testing.T) {
+					cf := &CLIConf{
+						Context:         ctx,
+						TracingProvider: tracing.NoopProvider(),
+						HomePath:        tmpHomePath,
+						tracer:          tracing.NoopTracer(teleport.ComponentTSH),
+					}
+					tc, err := makeClient(cf)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					dbInfo, err := newDatabaseInfo(cf, tc, &route)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					require.Nil(t, dbInfo.database, "with an active cert the database should not have been fetched")
+					db, err := dbInfo.GetDatabase(cf, tc)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					if route.Protocol == defaults.ProtocolDynamoDB {
+						// v13 specific. We remove the dynamodb schema name from the route since it's not supported.
+						require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, dbInfo.ServiceName)
+						require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, dbInfo.Protocol)
+						require.Equal(t, route.Username, dbInfo.Username)
+					} else {
+						require.Equal(t, route, dbInfo.RouteToDatabase)
+					}
+					require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, db.GetName())
+					require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, db.GetProtocol())
+					require.Equal(t, dbInfo.database, db, "database should have been fetched and cached")
+				})
+				t.Run("without active db cert", func(t *testing.T) {
+					cf := &CLIConf{
+						Context:         ctx,
+						TracingProvider: tracing.NoopProvider(),
+						HomePath:        tmpHomePath,
+						tracer:          tracing.NoopTracer(teleport.ComponentTSH),
+						DatabaseService: route.ServiceName,
+						DatabaseUser:    route.Username,
+						DatabaseName:    route.Database,
+					}
+					tc, err := makeClient(cf)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					dbInfo, err := newDatabaseInfo(cf, tc, nil)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					require.NotNil(t, dbInfo.database, "without an active cert the database should have been fetched")
+					db, err := dbInfo.GetDatabase(cf, tc)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					if route.Protocol == defaults.ProtocolDynamoDB {
+						// v13 specific. We remove the dynamodb schema name from the route since it's not supported.
+						require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, dbInfo.ServiceName)
+						require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, dbInfo.Protocol)
+						require.Equal(t, route.Username, dbInfo.Username)
+					} else {
+						require.Equal(t, route, dbInfo.RouteToDatabase)
+					}
+					require.Equal(t, route.ServiceName, db.GetName())
+					require.Equal(t, route.Protocol, db.GetProtocol())
+					require.Equal(t, dbInfo.database, db, "cached database should be the same")
+				})
 			})
-		})
-	}
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("getDatabaseInfo", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// login to "postgres-2" db.
+		err = Run(ctx, []string{"db", "login", "postgres-2"}, setHomePath(tmpHomePath))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		cf := &CLIConf{
+			Context:  ctx,
+			HomePath: tmpHomePath,
+			// select the other db, "postgres", which was not logged into.
+			DatabaseService: "postgres",
+			// v13 specific: set the db name/username because it won't be
+			// set by default until v14+.
+			DatabaseUser: defaultDBUser,
+			DatabaseName: defaultDBName,
+		}
+		tc, err := makeClient(cf)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		dbInfo, err := getDatabaseInfo(cf, tc)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotNil(t, dbInfo)
+		// verify that the active login route for "postgres-2" was not used
+		// instead of fetching info for the "postgres" db.
+		require.Equal(t, "postgres", dbInfo.ServiceName)
+		require.Equal(t, defaults.ProtocolPostgres, dbInfo.Protocol)
+		require.Equal(t, defaultDBUser, dbInfo.Username)
+		require.Equal(t, defaultDBName, dbInfo.Database)
+		require.NotNil(t, dbInfo.database)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestResourceSelectorsFormatting(t *testing.T) {