diff --git a/src/frontend/src/forms/StockForms.tsx b/src/frontend/src/forms/StockForms.tsx
index 262605ede0..f2c515e570 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/forms/StockForms.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/forms/StockForms.tsx
@@ -1478,6 +1478,10 @@ export function useTestResultFields({
               setChoices([]);
               setFieldType('string');
             }
+          } else {
+            // No choices defined - this is a free-form text field
+            setChoices([]);
+            setFieldType('string');
           }
         }
       },
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/tables/stock/StockItemTestResultTable.tsx b/src/frontend/src/tables/stock/StockItemTestResultTable.tsx
index 569fb5c136..c2c81d2548 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/tables/stock/StockItemTestResultTable.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/tables/stock/StockItemTestResultTable.tsx
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ export default function StockItemTestResultTable({
           icon: <IconCircleCheck />,
           hidden:
             !record.templateId ||
+            !!record.choices ||
             record?.requires_attachment ||
             record?.requires_value ||
             record.result,