diff --git a/src/plugins/provider-wizard.ts b/src/plugins/provider-wizard.ts
index 15eb082e615..07b78bc44fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/provider-wizard.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/provider-wizard.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { DEFAULT_PROVIDER } from "../agents/defaults.js";
-import { parseModelRef } from "../agents/model-selection.js";
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../agents/model-selection.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import type { WizardPrompter } from "../wizard/prompts.js";
@@ -333,8 +332,16 @@ export async function runProviderModelSelectedHook(params: {
   workspaceDir?: string;
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 }): Promise<void> {
-  const parsed = parseModelRef(params.model, DEFAULT_PROVIDER);
-  if (!parsed) {
+  const rawModel = params.model.trim();
+  if (!rawModel) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const slashIndex = rawModel.indexOf("/");
+  const selectedProviderId =
+    slashIndex === -1
+      ? DEFAULT_PROVIDER
+      : normalizeProviderId(rawModel.slice(0, slashIndex).trim());
+  if (!selectedProviderId || (slashIndex !== -1 && !rawModel.slice(slashIndex + 1).trim())) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -343,9 +350,7 @@ export async function runProviderModelSelectedHook(params: {
     workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
     env: params.env,
   });
-  const provider = providers.find(
-    (entry) => normalizeProviderId(entry.id) === normalizeProviderId(parsed.provider),
-  );
+  const provider = providers.find((entry) => normalizeProviderId(entry.id) === selectedProviderId);
   if (!provider?.onModelSelected) {
     return;
   }