diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Directory/Model/ResourceModel/Region/Collection.php b/app/code/Magento/Directory/Model/ResourceModel/Region/Collection.php
index 718e0c0223d767dd3857f5c796d9b7f9d918900a..ed353f1ef4e4155ef0563fa30cf8b6294a4b3d08 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Directory/Model/ResourceModel/Region/Collection.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Directory/Model/ResourceModel/Region/Collection.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Collection extends \Magento\Framework\Model\ResourceModel\Db\Collection\Ab
         if (count($options) > 0) {
             array_unshift(
                 $options,
-                ['title' => null, 'value' => null, 'label' => __('Please select a region, state or province.')]
+                ['title' => '', 'value' => '', 'label' => __('Please select a region, state or province.')]
             );
         }
         return $options;
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/country.js b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/country.js
index c72d02c595bb8d8d4185f8bc9969cfa3a3bc5940..cd611a04a1569d45f7edb0668f0fee75833e396d 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/country.js
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/country.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ define([
             });
 
             this.setOptions(result);
+            this.reset();
         }
     });
 });