diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py b/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py
index c34b104e0f7..948fb017d9d 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py
@@ -489,8 +489,9 @@ def template_complex(value):
         for key, element in return_value.items():
             return_value[key] = template_complex(element)
         return return_value
-
-    return template(value)
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return template(value)
+    return value
 
 
 def datetime(value):
diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/template.py b/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
index f23d9cddfdd..7dcf08ebf92 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ def render_complex(value, variables=None):
         return [render_complex(item, variables) for item in value]
     if isinstance(value, dict):
         return {key: render_complex(item, variables) for key, item in value.items()}
-    return value.async_render(variables)
+    if isinstance(value, Template):
+        return value.async_render(variables)
+    return value
 
 
 def extract_entities(
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_config_validation.py b/tests/helpers/test_config_validation.py
index 1f5d6ddfc40..57554d37bb1 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_config_validation.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_config_validation.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ def test_template_complex():
     """Test template_complex validator."""
     schema = vol.Schema(cv.template_complex)
 
-    for value in (None, "{{ partial_print }", "{% if True %}Hello"):
+    for value in ("{{ partial_print }", "{% if True %}Hello"):
         with pytest.raises(vol.MultipleInvalid):
             schema(value)
 
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ def test_template_complex():
         ["{{ beer }}", 1],
     )
 
+    # Ensure we don't mutate non-string types that cannot be templates.
+    for value in (1, True, None):
+        assert schema(value) == value
+
 
 def test_time_zone():
     """Test time zone validation."""
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_template.py b/tests/helpers/test_template.py
index f2066ce2c6f..f463149bc28 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_template.py
@@ -1796,3 +1796,10 @@ def test_length_of_states(hass):
 
     tpl = template.Template("{{ states.sensor | length }}", hass)
     assert tpl.async_render() == "2"
+
+
+def test_render_complex_handling_non_template_values(hass):
+    """Test that we can render non-template fields."""
+    assert template.render_complex(
+        {True: 1, False: template.Template("{{ hello }}", hass)}, {"hello": 2}
+    ) == {True: 1, False: "2"}