diff --git a/contrib/completion/bash/docker b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
index e31467077c..c7645397ef 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/bash/docker
+++ b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
@@ -5117,6 +5117,9 @@ _docker() {
 	local counter=1
 	while [ "$counter" -lt "$cword" ]; do
 		case "${words[$counter]}" in
+			docker)
+				return 0
+				;;
 			# save host so that completion can use custom daemon
 			--host|-H)
 				(( counter++ ))