Can't use keyboard in IE 11 to navigate Html.DropdownListFor when it is within a Kendo Panelbar

Question

I use an Html.DropdownListFor from within a Kendo Panelbar (Html.Kendo().PanelBar()) in Razor MVC. I can use the up and down arrows on my keyboard to switch between the different items in the dropdown in Chrome and Firefox, but I can't do it in IE 11 (I haven't tested on other versions of IE).

Does anyone know why this is happening and what a possible fix is?

If I use Html.Kendo().DropdownListFor, I don't have the problem, but for certain reasons I do not want to use Kendo's DropdownListFor.