diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp
index e8dec0f8f5e..a0da743834a 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp
@@ -234,8 +234,10 @@ void HTMLOptionElement::inserted()
     //    If insertedNode's parent is a select element,
     //    or insertedNode's parent is an optgroup element whose parent is a select element,
     //    then run that select element's selectedness setting algorithm.
-    if (auto select_element = owner_select_element())
-        select_element->update_selectedness();
+    if (auto select_element = owner_select_element()) {
+        if (!select_element->can_skip_selectedness_update_for_inserted_option(*this))
+            select_element->update_selectedness();
+    }
 }
 
 void HTMLOptionElement::removed_from(Node* old_parent, Node& old_root)
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp
index 34207d6c88d..8fa27dc6677 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,20 @@ i32 HTMLSelectElement::default_tab_index_value() const
     return 0;
 }
 
+bool HTMLSelectElement::can_skip_selectedness_update_for_inserted_option(HTMLOptionElement const& option) const
+{
+    if (option.selected())
+        return false;
+
+    if (m_cached_number_of_selected_options >= 2)
+        return false;
+
+    if (display_size() == 1 && m_cached_number_of_selected_options == 0)
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool HTMLSelectElement::can_skip_children_changed_selectedness_update(ChildrenChangedMetadata const& metadata) const
 {
     // If the following criteria are met, there is no need to re-run the selectedness algorithm.
@@ -300,18 +314,8 @@ bool HTMLSelectElement::can_skip_children_changed_selectedness_update(ChildrenCh
     if (metadata.type != ChildrenChangedMetadata::Type::Inserted)
         return false;
 
-    if (auto* option = as_if<HTMLOptionElement>(*metadata.node)) {
-        if (option->selected())
-            return false;
-
-        if (m_cached_number_of_selected_options >= 2)
-            return false;
-
-        if (display_size() == 1 && m_cached_number_of_selected_options == 0)
-            return false;
-
-        return true;
-    }
+    if (auto* option = as_if<HTMLOptionElement>(*metadata.node))
+        return can_skip_selectedness_update_for_inserted_option(*option);
 
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.h
index ddea134edaf..5390fa402f1 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.h
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ public:
 
     void update_inner_text_element(Badge<HTMLOptionElement>);
 
+    bool can_skip_selectedness_update_for_inserted_option(HTMLOptionElement const&) const;
+
 private:
     HTMLSelectElement(DOM::Document&, DOM::QualifiedName);