diff --git a/cli/completion/nmcli b/cli/completion/nmcli
index 9f427ee10f..7f535bccf6 100644
--- a/cli/completion/nmcli
+++ b/cli/completion/nmcli
@@ -544,6 +544,13 @@ _nmcli()
         words[i]="$(echo "${words[i]}" | xargs 2>/dev/null || true)"
     done
 
+    # In case the cursor is not at the end of the line,
+    # $cur consists of spaces that we want do remove.
+    # For example: `nmcli connection modify id  <TAB>  lo`
+    if [[ "$cur" =~ [[:space:]]+ ]]; then
+        cur=''
+    fi
+
     _nmcli_complete_OPTIONS && return 0
 
     local command="${words[1]}"