From 644e80786c6c1a8146d2e8596efbb059a355e051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janik Schumacher <rndmb0t@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 10:49:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #15974

---
 src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index 904f34a9ef5..149d13746f2 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -1233,6 +1233,10 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     }
 
     updatePlaceHolderForFloatingLabel(): void {
+        if(this._placeholder() !== null && this._placeholder() !== undefined) {
+            // We don't want to overwrite the placeholder if it's already set
+            return;
+        }
         const parentElement = this.el.nativeElement.parentElement;
         const isInFloatingLabel = parentElement?.classList.contains('p-float-label');
         if (parentElement && isInFloatingLabel && !this.selectedOption) {