From 9705c4c66f5a48da036deebe8d4792b15edb0cac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Johnson <josh@joshuajohnson.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:14:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Incorporate #788

---
 src/scripts/choices.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/scripts/choices.ts b/src/scripts/choices.ts
index c91013d..238bef8 100644
--- a/src/scripts/choices.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/choices.ts
@@ -2371,7 +2371,10 @@ class Choices {
   }
 
   _generatePlaceholderValue(): string | null {
-    if (this._isSelectElement) {
+    if (
+      this._isSelectElement &&
+      (this.passedElement as WrappedSelect).placeholderOption
+    ) {
       const { placeholderOption } = this.passedElement as WrappedSelect;
 
       return placeholderOption ? placeholderOption.text : null;