diff --git a/src/app/components/multiselect/multiselect.ts b/src/app/components/multiselect/multiselect.ts
index 92cf0ecaa5d..67a0b0637c2 100755
--- a/src/app/components/multiselect/multiselect.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/multiselect/multiselect.ts
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ export class MultiSelect implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, Aft
                         let selectedListItem = DomHandler.findSingle(this.itemsWrapper, '.p-multiselect-item.p-highlight');
 
                         if (selectedListItem) {
-                            selectedListItem.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest', inline: 'center' });
+                            selectedListItem.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest', inline: 'nearest' });
                         }
                     }
                 }