diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/controller/list/useList.ts b/packages/ra-core/src/controller/list/useList.ts
index 9edeb317010..746ec861e0e 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/controller/list/useList.ts
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/controller/list/useList.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export const useList = <RecordType extends RaRecord = any>(
     props: UseListOptions<RecordType>
 ): UseListValue<RecordType> => {
     const {
-        data,
         error,
         filter = defaultFilter,
         isFetching = false,
@@ -67,6 +66,9 @@ export const useList = <RecordType extends RaRecord = any>(
     } = props;
     const resource = useResourceContext(props);
 
+    // Make copy of data so it becomes mutable
+    const data = props.data ? [...props.data] : undefined;
+
     const [fetchingState, setFetchingState] = useSafeSetState<boolean>(
         isFetching
     ) as [boolean, (isFetching: boolean) => void];
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ export const useList = <RecordType extends RaRecord = any>(
 };
 
 export interface UseListOptions<RecordType extends RaRecord = any> {
-    data?: RecordType[];
+    data?: readonly RecordType[];
     error?: any;
     filter?: FilterPayload;
     isFetching?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/form/choices/useChoicesContext.ts b/packages/ra-core/src/form/choices/useChoicesContext.ts
index 93df8d3ccc8..9365bcff340 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/form/choices/useChoicesContext.ts
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/form/choices/useChoicesContext.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import { useList } from '../../controller';
 import { ChoicesContext, ChoicesContextValue } from './ChoicesContext';
 
 export const useChoicesContext = <ChoicesType extends RaRecord = RaRecord>(
-    options: Partial<ChoicesContextValue> & { choices?: ChoicesType[] } = {}
+    options: Partial<ChoicesContextValue> & {
+        choices?: readonly ChoicesType[];
+    } = {}
 ): ChoicesContextValue => {
     const context = useContext(ChoicesContext) as ChoicesContextValue<
         ChoicesType
diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/form/useChoices.tsx b/packages/ra-core/src/form/useChoices.tsx
index 16779ded22d..9c6033c023d 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/form/useChoices.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/form/useChoices.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export type OptionTextFunc = (choice: any) => React.ReactNode;
 export type OptionText = OptionTextElement | OptionTextFunc | string;
 
 export interface ChoicesProps {
-    choices?: any[];
+    choices?: ReadonlyArray<any>;
     isFetching?: boolean;
     isLoading?: boolean;
     optionValue?: string;
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx
index de43eb1f532..684b2f9c632 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/AutocompleteInput.tsx
@@ -763,23 +763,18 @@ const useSelectedChoice = <
     return selectedChoice || null;
 };
 
-const getSelectedItems = (
-    choices = [],
-    value,
-    optionValue = 'id',
-    multiple
-) => {
+const getSelectedItems = (choices, value, optionValue = 'id', multiple) => {
     if (multiple) {
         return (Array.isArray(value ?? []) ? value : [value])
             .map(item =>
-                choices.find(
+                choices?.find(
                     choice => String(item) === String(get(choice, optionValue))
                 )
             )
             .filter(item => !!item);
     }
     return (
-        choices.find(
+        choices?.find(
             choice => String(get(choice, optionValue)) === String(value)
         ) || ''
     );