diff --git a/contrib/completion/bash/docker b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
index d4f3a2083f..9cf46ae7d4 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/bash/docker
+++ b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
@@ -3526,7 +3526,11 @@ _docker_node_update() {
 			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "--availability --help --label-add --label-rm --role" -- "$cur" ) )
 			;;
 		*)
-			__docker_complete_nodes
+			local counter=$(__docker_pos_first_nonflag '--availability|--label-add|--label-rm|--role')
+			if [ $cword -eq $counter ]; then
+				__docker_complete_nodes
+			fi
+			;;
 	esac
 }