diff --git a/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md b/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
index 8782e499..f6565f9e 100644
--- a/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ New versions of Shoelace are released as-needed and generally occur when a criti
 ## Next
 
 - Fixed a bug in `<sl-relative-time>` where the title attribute would show with redundant info [#2184]
+- Fixed a bug in `<sl-select>` that caused multi-selects without placeholders to have the wrong padding [#2194]
 
 ## 2.17.1
 
diff --git a/src/components/select/select.styles.ts b/src/components/select/select.styles.ts
index 16d1a12c..224360b9 100644
--- a/src/components/select/select.styles.ts
+++ b/src/components/select/select.styles.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export default css`
     margin-inline-start: var(--sl-input-spacing-medium);
   }
 
-  .select--medium.select--multiple:not(.select--placeholder-visible) .select__combobox {
+  .select--medium.select--multiple .select__combobox {
     padding-inline-start: 0;
     padding-block: 3px;
   }
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export default css`
     margin-inline-start: var(--sl-input-spacing-large);
   }
 
-  .select--large.select--multiple:not(.select--placeholder-visible) .select__combobox {
+  .select--large.select--multiple .select__combobox {
     padding-inline-start: 0;
     padding-block: 4px;
   }