diff --git a/src/js/select2/data/tokenizer.js b/src/js/select2/data/tokenizer.js
index 3584ee15..456f9b2c 100644
--- a/src/js/select2/data/tokenizer.js
+++ b/src/js/select2/data/tokenizer.js
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ define([
     var self = this;
 
     function select (data) {
-      self.select(data);
+      self.trigger('select', {
+        data: data
+      });
     }
 
     params.term = params.term || '';