To reproduce: public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); BindingSource bs1 = new BindingSource(); BindingSource bs2 = new BindingSource(); DataTable dt1 = new DataTable(); dt1.Columns.Add("MortgageId", typeof(string)); dt1.Columns.Add("MortgageNo", typeof(string)); for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) { dt1.Rows.Add(i, Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Substring(0, 5)); } bs1.DataSource = dt1; DataTable dt2 = new DataTable(); dt2.Columns.Add("PaymentCode", typeof(string)); dt2.Columns.Add("Description", typeof(string)); for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) { dt2.Rows.Add(Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Substring(0, 5), Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Substring(0, 5)); } bs2.DataSource = dt2; GridViewMultiComboBoxColumn col1 = new GridViewMultiComboBoxColumn("MortgageId"); col1.DataSource = bs1; col1.FieldName = "MortgageId"; col1.DisplayMember = "MortgageId"; col1.ValueMember = "MortgageId"; col1.Width = 70; this.radGridView1.Columns.Add(col1); col1 = new GridViewMultiComboBoxColumn("PaymentCode"); col1.DataSource = bs2; col1.DisplayMember = "PaymentCode"; col1.ValueMember = "PaymentCode"; col1.FieldName = "PaymentCode"; col1.Width = 70; this.radGridView1.Columns.Add(col1); this.radGridView1.CellEditorInitialized += radGridView1_CellEditorInitialized; } private void radGridView1_CellEditorInitialized(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewCellEventArgs e) { if (e.Column.Name == "MortgageId") { RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement editor = e.ActiveEditor as RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement; if (editor != null) { editor.EditorControl.FilterDescriptors.Clear(); editor.EditorControl.Columns.Clear(); editor.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.AutoGenerateColumns = false; editor.EditorControl.Columns.Add(new GridViewTextBoxColumn("MortgageId")); editor.EditorControl.Columns.Add(new GridViewTextBoxColumn("MortgageNo")); editor.DropDownWidth = 200; } return; } if (e.Column.Name == "PaymentCode") { RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement editor = e.ActiveEditor as RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement; if (editor != null) { editor.EditorControl.FilterDescriptors.Clear(); editor.EditorControl.Columns.Clear(); editor.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.AutoGenerateColumns = false; editor.EditorControl.Columns.Add(new GridViewTextBoxColumn("PaymentCode")); editor.EditorControl.Columns.Add(new GridViewTextBoxColumn("Description")); editor.DropDownWidth = 200; } return; } } Workaround: do not set the RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.AutoGenerateColumns property to false in the CellEditorInitialized event .