diff --git a/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose b/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose
index 5692f0e4b8..ee810ffaef 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose
+++ b/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose
@@ -278,10 +278,7 @@ _docker_compose_scale() {
 	case "$prev" in
 		=)
 			COMPREPLY=("$cur")
-			;;
-		*)
-			COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -S "=" -W "$(___docker_compose_all_services_in_compose_file)" -- "$cur") )
-			compopt -o nospace
+			return
 			;;
 	esac
 
@@ -289,6 +286,10 @@ _docker_compose_scale() {
 		-*)
 			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "--help" -- "$cur" ) )
 			;;
+		*)
+			COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -S "=" -W "$(___docker_compose_all_services_in_compose_file)" -- "$cur") )
+			compopt -o nospace
+			;;
 	esac
 }