diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 18c2207e6d..068c094a9a 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -4020,12 +4020,17 @@ static void monitor_find_completion_by_table(Monitor *mon,
             cmdname = args[0];
         readline_set_completion_index(mon->rs, strlen(cmdname));
         for (cmd = cmd_table; cmd->name != NULL; cmd++) {
-            cmd_completion(mon, cmdname, cmd->name);
+            if (!runstate_check(RUN_STATE_PRECONFIG) ||
+                 cmd_can_preconfig(cmd)) {
+                cmd_completion(mon, cmdname, cmd->name);
+            }
         }
     } else {
         /* find the command */
         for (cmd = cmd_table; cmd->name != NULL; cmd++) {
-            if (compare_cmd(args[0], cmd->name)) {
+            if (compare_cmd(args[0], cmd->name) &&
+                (!runstate_check(RUN_STATE_PRECONFIG) ||
+                 cmd_can_preconfig(cmd))) {
                 break;
             }
         }