From 4a50ca4ea5eb26395976617e361039469dabf6fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph <15820871+chrisv-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:37:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] do not set "___ADD_NEW___" value in ha-area-picker (#26210)

---
 src/components/ha-area-picker.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts b/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts
index 9b18057808..83d7c9d20a 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-area-picker.ts
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ export class HaAreaPicker extends LitElement {
           }
         },
       });
+      return;
     }
 
     this._setValue(value);