diff --git a/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php b/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php
index f65c92ff..c14ae8ff 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 <div
     x-data="{
-        @if ($model !== null) selected: @entangle($attributes->wire('model')).live, @else selected: @js($initial), @endif
+        @if ($model !== null) selected: @entangle($attributes->wire('model')), @else selected: @js($initial), @endif
         tabsId: @js($id),
         ...materialTabs(),
     }"
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
index 52726222..c70c32ad 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
@@ -74,6 +74,36 @@ it('entangles the chosen tab with Livewire and renders the one the property name
         ->toMatch('/id="[^"]+-people-panel"(?![^>]*style="display: none")/');
 });
 
+it('tells the server at once only when the caller asked with wire:model.live', function () {
+    Livewire::component('tabs-deferred-probe', new class extends Component
+    {
+        public string $tab = 'files';
+
+        public function render(): string
+        {
+            return '<div><x-tabs wire:model="tab" :tabs="[[\'name\' => \'files\', \'label\' => \'Files\'], [\'name\' => \'people\', \'label\' => \'People\']]" /></div>';
+        }
+    });
+
+    Livewire::component('tabs-live-probe', new class extends Component
+    {
+        public string $tab = 'files';
+
+        public function render(): string
+        {
+            return '<div><x-tabs wire:model.live="tab" :tabs="[[\'name\' => \'files\', \'label\' => \'Files\'], [\'name\' => \'people\', \'label\' => \'People\']]" /></div>';
+        }
+    });
+
+    // @entangle appends `.live` itself for `wire:model.live`; the view adds nothing of its own, so a
+    // deferred `wire:model` stays deferred.
+    $live = Livewire::test('tabs-live-probe')->html();
+
+    expect(Livewire::test('tabs-deferred-probe')->html())->toContain(".entangle('tab')")->not->toContain(".entangle('tab').live")
+        ->and(substr_count($live, ".entangle('tab').live"))->toBe(1)
+        ->and($live)->not->toContain('.live.live');
+});
+
 it('keeps the tab bar on M3\'s offsets, indicator inset and focus ring', function () {
     $css = ComponentStylesheet::read('tabs');