diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/excel-style/excel-style-date-expression.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/excel-style/excel-style-date-expression.component.ts
index c48a96d3cfd..6ccbf417f13 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/excel-style/excel-style-date-expression.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/excel-style/excel-style-date-expression.component.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class IgxExcelStyleDateExpressionComponent extends IgxExcelStyleDefaultEx
     private input: IgxInputDirective;
 
     protected get inputValuesElement() {
-        return this.input;
+        return this.input.nativeElement;
     }
 
     public get inputDatePlaceholder(): string {