diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Be/Menus/ActionMenuItemViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Be/Menus/ActionMenuItemViewHelper.php
index 00e3bd17a856a786dad7fa07741f107977550b07..005dccc9c49a4f745426f6ea96a336eb44fc23cb 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Be/Menus/ActionMenuItemViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Be/Menus/ActionMenuItemViewHelper.php
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ class ActionMenuItemViewHelper extends AbstractTagBasedViewHelper {
 		);
 		if (
 			$this->arguments['selected'] ||
-			array_diff($requestArguments, $viewHelperArguments) === [] ||
-			$this->tag->hasAttribute('selected')
+			array_diff($requestArguments, $viewHelperArguments) === []
 		) {
 			$this->tag->addAttribute('selected', 'selected');
 		} else {