diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb b/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb
index b8391d4a353ac1ee0dc963bb32093fce6f0fe482..ade2c07d5c041cc6fc1343aac79dd0a8eab88129 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/IntelliSense/VisualBasicCompletionCommandHandlerTests.vb
@@ -613,6 +613,27 @@ End Module]]></Document>)
             End Using
         End Sub
 
+        <WorkItem(287, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/287")>
+        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.Completion)>
+        Public Sub NotEnumPreselectionAfterBackspace()
+            Using state = TestState.CreateVisualBasicTestState(
+                  <Document><![CDATA[
+Enum E
+    Bat
+End Enum
+ 
+Class C
+    Sub Test(param As E)
+        Dim b As E
+        Test(b.$$)
+    End Sub
+End Class]]></Document>)
+
+                state.SendBackspace()
+                state.AssertSelectedCompletionItem(displayText:="b", isHardSelected:=True)
+            End Using
+        End Sub
+
         <WorkItem(543496)>
         <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.Completion)>
         Public Sub TestNumericLiteralWithNoMatch()
diff --git a/src/Features/VisualBasic/Completion/VisualBasicCompletionRules.vb b/src/Features/VisualBasic/Completion/VisualBasicCompletionRules.vb
index fc8e69a2f353683eb5009b762100a665ef7b01ac..044283da41970a2d326bea177f0360d257585bd7 100644
--- a/src/Features/VisualBasic/Completion/VisualBasicCompletionRules.vb
+++ b/src/Features/VisualBasic/Completion/VisualBasicCompletionRules.vb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.Completion
                 Dim prefixLength1 = GetPrefixLength(item1.FilterText, filterText)
                 Dim prefixLength2 = GetPrefixLength(item2.FilterText, filterText)
 
-                Return prefixLength1 > prefixLength2 OrElse (item1.Preselect AndAlso Not item2.Preselect)
+                Return prefixLength1 > prefixLength2 OrElse ((item1.Preselect AndAlso Not item2.Preselect) AndAlso TypeOf item1.CompletionProvider IsNot EnumCompletionProvider)
             End If
 
             If TypeOf item2.CompletionProvider Is EnumCompletionProvider Then