diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index 8d6a0917e87..22c9f6deda8 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export class DropdownItem {
                 <ng-container *ngIf="!selectedItemTemplate; else defaultPlaceholder">{{ label() === 'p-emptylabel' ? '&nbsp;' : label() }}</ng-container>
                 <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="selectedItemTemplate; context: { $implicit: selectedOption }"></ng-container>
                 <ng-template #defaultPlaceholder>
-                    <span *ngIf="(modelValue() === undefined || modelValue === null) && (label() === placeholder || (label() && !placeholder))">{{ label() === 'p-emptylabel' ? '&nbsp;' : placeholder }}</span>
+                    <span *ngIf="(modelValue() === undefined || modelValue() === null) && (label() === placeholder || (label() && !placeholder))">{{ label() === 'p-emptylabel' ? '&nbsp;' : placeholder }}</span>
                 </ng-template>
             </span>
             <input