diff --git a/src/component/treevaluechooser/abstract.treevaluechooser.js b/src/component/treevaluechooser/abstract.treevaluechooser.js
index 53e31298f..dbd1453b8 100644
--- a/src/component/treevaluechooser/abstract.treevaluechooser.js
+++ b/src/component/treevaluechooser/abstract.treevaluechooser.js
@@ -851,6 +851,35 @@ BI.AbstractTreeValueChooser = BI.inherit(BI.Widget, {
         return this._getChildren(parentValues).length;
     },
 
+    assertSelectedValue: function (selectedValues, items = []) {
+        if (BI.isPlainObject(selectedValues)) {
+            return selectedValues;
+        }
+
+        var tree = BI.Tree.transformToTreeFormat(items);
+        var value2ParentMap = {};
+        BI.Tree.traversal(tree, function (index, node, pNode) {
+            value2ParentMap[node.value] = pNode;
+        });
+
+        var result = {};
+        BI.each(selectedValues, function (index, value) {
+            var curr = value;
+            var parentPath = [];
+            while (curr) {
+                parentPath.unshift(curr);
+                curr = value2ParentMap[curr]?.value;
+            }
+            BI.each(parentPath, function (index) {
+                if (BI.isNull(BI.get(result, parentPath.slice(0, index + 1)))) {
+                    BI.set(result, parentPath.slice(0, index + 1), {});
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        return result;
+    },
+
     buildCompleteTree: function (selectedValues) {
         var self = this;
         var result = {};
diff --git a/src/component/treevaluechooser/pane.treevaluechooser.js b/src/component/treevaluechooser/pane.treevaluechooser.js
index 66486711a..8171c04d8 100644
--- a/src/component/treevaluechooser/pane.treevaluechooser.js
+++ b/src/component/treevaluechooser/pane.treevaluechooser.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ BI.TreeValueChooserPane = BI.inherit(BI.AbstractTreeValueChooser, {
             self.fireEvent(BI.TreeValueChooserPane.EVENT_CHANGE);
         });
         if (BI.isNotNull(o.value)) {
-            this.pane.setSelectedValue(o.value);
+            var selectedValues = this.assertSelectedValue(o.value, o.items);
+            this.pane.setSelectedValue(selectedValues);
         }
         if (BI.isNotNull(o.items)) {
             this._initData(o.items);