diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/master_2018-03-16-09-03.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/master_2018-03-16-09-03.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f6e458d841e12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/master_2018-03-16-09-03.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "BasePicker: suggestions should not be shown in BasePicker when input does not exist.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "bratukha.m@gmail.com"
+}
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx
index 9351ba8ac67693..025ab23d342e72 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export class BasePicker<T, P extends IBasePickerProps<T>> extends BaseComponent<
 
   protected renderSuggestions(): JSX.Element | null {
     const TypedSuggestion = this.SuggestionOfProperType;
-    return this.state.suggestionsVisible ? (
+    return this.state.suggestionsVisible && this.input ? (
       <Callout
         isBeakVisible={ false }
         gapSpace={ 5 }