diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.spec.tsx
index 43255b37d6..e1c23c994f 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.spec.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
     InsideReferenceInputOnChange,
     WithInputProps,
     OnCreate,
+    OnCreateSlow,
 } from './AutocompleteInput.stories';
 import { ReferenceArrayInput } from './ReferenceArrayInput';
 import { AutocompleteArrayInput } from './AutocompleteArrayInput';
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@ describe('<AutocompleteInput />', () => {
             ];
             const OptionText = () => {
                 const record = useRecordContext();
-                return <span>option:{record.name}</span>;
+                return <span>option:{record?.name}</span>;
             };
             render(
                 <AdminContext>
@@ -1054,7 +1055,7 @@ describe('<AutocompleteInput />', () => {
     });
 
     describe('onCreate', () => {
-        it('should include an option with the createLabel when the input is empty', async () => {
+        it("shouldn't include an option with the createLabel when the input is empty", async () => {
             const choices = [
                 { id: 'ang', name: 'Angular' },
                 { id: 'rea', name: 'React' },
@@ -1093,7 +1094,53 @@ describe('<AutocompleteInput />', () => {
                 target: { value: '' },
             });
 
-            expect(screen.queryByText('ra.action.create')).not.toBeNull();
+            expect(screen.queryByText('ra.action.create')).toBeNull();
+            expect(screen.queryByText('ra.action.create_item')).toBeNull();
+        });
+        it('should include an option with the custom createLabel when the input is empty', async () => {
+            const choices = [
+                { id: 'ang', name: 'Angular' },
+                { id: 'rea', name: 'React' },
+            ];
+            const handleCreate = filter => {
+                const newChoice = {
+                    id: 'js_fatigue',
+                    name: filter,
+                };
+                choices.push(newChoice);
+                return newChoice;
+            };
+
+            render(
+                <AdminContext dataProvider={testDataProvider()}>
+                    <SimpleForm
+                        mode="onBlur"
+                        onSubmit={jest.fn()}
+                        defaultValues={{ language: 'ang' }}
+                    >
+                        <AutocompleteInput
+                            source="language"
+                            resource="posts"
+                            choices={choices}
+                            onCreate={handleCreate}
+                            createLabel="Start typing to create a new item"
+                        />
+                    </SimpleForm>
+                </AdminContext>
+            );
+
+            const input = screen.getByLabelText(
+                'resources.posts.fields.language'
+            ) as HTMLInputElement;
+            input.focus();
+            fireEvent.change(input, {
+                target: { value: '' },
+            });
+
+            expect(
+                screen.queryByText('Start typing to create a new item')
+            ).not.toBeNull();
+            expect(screen.queryByText('ra.action.create')).toBeNull();
             expect(screen.queryByText('ra.action.create_item')).toBeNull();
         });
         it('should include an option with the createItemLabel when the input not empty', async () => {
@@ -1245,7 +1292,6 @@ describe('<AutocompleteInput />', () => {
             fireEvent.focus(input);
             expect(screen.queryByText('New Kid On The Block')).not.toBeNull();
         });
-
         it('should allow the creation of a new choice with a promise', async () => {
             const choices = [
                 { id: 'ang', name: 'Angular' },
@@ -1314,6 +1360,31 @@ describe('<AutocompleteInput />', () => {
             fireEvent.focus(input);
             expect(screen.queryByText('New Kid On The Block')).not.toBeNull();
         });
+        it('should not use the createItemLabel as the value of the input', async () => {
+            render(<OnCreateSlow />);
+            await screen.findByText('Book War and Peace', undefined, {
+                timeout: 2000,
+            });
+            const input = screen.getByLabelText('Author') as HTMLInputElement;
+            await waitFor(
+                () => {
+                    expect(input.value).toBe('Leo Tolstoy');
+                },
+                { timeout: 2000 }
+            );
+            fireEvent.focus(input);
+            expect(screen.getAllByRole('option')).toHaveLength(4);
+            fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'x' } });
+            await waitFor(
+                () => {
+                    expect(screen.getAllByRole('option')).toHaveLength(1);
+                },
+                { timeout: 2000 }
+            );
+            fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Create x'));
+            expect(input.value).not.toBe('Create x');
+            expect(input.value).toBe('x');
+        }, 10000);
     });
     describe('create', () => {
         it('should allow the creation of a new choice', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.stories.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.stories.tsx
index 4d0a33bf43..f0cab76721 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.stories.tsx
@@ -357,33 +357,42 @@ export const CreateLabel = () => (
     <Wrapper>
         <AutocompleteInput
             source="author"
-            choices={[
-                { id: 1, name: 'Leo Tolstoy' },
-                { id: 2, name: 'Victor Hugo' },
-                { id: 3, name: 'William Shakespeare' },
-                { id: 4, name: 'Charles Baudelaire' },
-                { id: 5, name: 'Marcel Proust' },
-            ]}
+            choices={choicesForCreationSupport}
             onCreate={filter => {
-                const newAuthorName = window.prompt(
-                    'Enter a new author',
-                    filter
-                );
+                if (!filter) return;
 
-                if (newAuthorName) {
-                    const newAuthor = {
-                        id: choicesForCreationSupport.length + 1,
-                        name: newAuthorName,
-                    };
-                    choicesForCreationSupport.push(newAuthor);
-                    return newAuthor;
-                }
+                const newOption = {
+                    id: choicesForCreationSupport.length + 1,
+                    name: filter,
+                };
+                choicesForCreationSupport.push(newOption);
+                return newOption;
             }}
             createLabel="Start typing to create a new item"
         />
     </Wrapper>
 );
 
+export const CreateItemLabel = () => (
+    <Wrapper>
+        <AutocompleteInput
+            source="author"
+            choices={choicesForCreationSupport}
+            onCreate={filter => {
+                if (!filter) return;
+
+                const newOption = {
+                    id: choicesForCreationSupport.length + 1,
+                    name: filter,
+                };
+                choicesForCreationSupport.push(newOption);
+                return newOption;
+            }}
+            createItemLabel="Add a new author: %{item}"
+        />
+    </Wrapper>
+);
+
 const authorsWithFirstAndLastName = [
     { id: 1, first_name: 'Leo', last_name: 'Tolstoy', language: 'Russian' },
     { id: 2, first_name: 'Victor', last_name: 'Hugo', language: 'French' },
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx
index 008a4d52da..576aaa7d49 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export const AutocompleteInput = <
         closeText = 'ra.action.close',
         create,
         createLabel,
-        createItemLabel,
+        createItemLabel = 'ra.action.create_item',
         createValue,
         debounce: debounceDelay = 250,
         defaultValue,
@@ -465,7 +465,13 @@ If you provided a React element for the optionText prop, you must also provide t
             event?.type === 'change' ||
             !doesQueryMatchSelection(newInputValue)
         ) {
-            setFilterValue(newInputValue);
+            const createOptionLabel = translate(createItemLabel, {
+                item: filterValue,
+                _: createItemLabel,
+            });
+            const isCreate = newInputValue === createOptionLabel;
+            const valueToSet = isCreate ? filterValue : newInputValue;
+            setFilterValue(valueToSet);
             debouncedSetFilter(newInputValue);
         }
         if (reason === 'clear') {
@@ -513,7 +519,7 @@ If you provided a React element for the optionText prop, you must also provide t
         // add create option if necessary
         const { inputValue } = params;
         if (onCreate || create) {
-            if (inputValue === '') {
+            if (inputValue === '' && createLabel) {
                 // create option with createLabel
                 filteredOptions = filteredOptions.concat(getCreateItem(''));
             } else if (!doesQueryMatchSuggestion(filterValue)) {