diff --git a/src/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index aa0795697c3..9b1a643fc59 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ protected function _magicOptions($fieldName, $options, $allowOverride)
 
         if ($allowOverride && substr($fieldName, -5) === '._ids') {
             $options['type'] = 'select';
-            if ( (!isset($options['multiple']) || ($options['multiple'] && $options['multiple'] != 'checkbox')) ) {
+            if ((!isset($options['multiple']) || ($options['multiple'] && $options['multiple'] != 'checkbox'))) {
                 $options['multiple'] = true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
index 47577440a5b..a953937bffb 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -5033,6 +5033,13 @@ public function testSelectMultiple()
             ['multiple' => 'multiple', 'form' => 'my-form']
         );
         $this->assertHtml($expected, $result);
+
+        $result = $this->Form->select(
+            'Model.multi_field',
+            $options,
+            ['form' => 'my-form', 'multiple' => false]
+        );
+        $this->assertNotContains('multiple', $result);
     }
 
     /**