diff --git a/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml b/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml
index 48d2fe86aa4..1046427c30f 100644
--- a/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml
+++ b/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
                   </div>
                   <div t-attf-class="form-group #{error.get('shipping_state_id') and 'has-error' or ''} col-lg-6">
                       <label class="control-label" for="shipping_state_id" style="font-weight: normal">State / Province</label>
-                      <select name="shipping_state_id" class="form-control" t-att-readonly="  'readonly' if shipping_id &gt;= 0 else ''">
+                      <select name="shipping_state_id" class="form-control" t-att-disabled="  'disabled' if shipping_id &gt;= 0 else ''">
                           <option value="">State / Province...</option>
                           <t t-foreach="states or []" t-as="state">
                               <option t-att-value="state.id" style="display:none;" t-att-data-country_id="state.country_id.id" t-att-selected="state.id == checkout.get('shipping_state_id')"><t t-esc="state.name"/></option>