diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index bc8594954..89885ec7a 100644
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -542,21 +542,14 @@ export default class DatePicker extends React.Component {
     if (
       this.props.showTimeSelectOnly &&
       this.props.selected &&
+      date &&
       !isSameDay(date, this.props.selected)
     ) {
-      if (date == null) {
-        date = set(this.props.selected, {
-          hours: getHours(this.props.selected),
-          minutes: getMinutes(this.props.selected),
-          seconds: getSeconds(this.props.selected),
-        });
-      } else {
-        date = set(this.props.selected, {
-          hours: getHours(date),
-          minutes: getMinutes(date),
-          seconds: getSeconds(date),
-        });
-      }
+      date = set(this.props.selected, {
+        hours: getHours(date),
+        minutes: getMinutes(date),
+        seconds: getSeconds(date),
+      });
     }
     if (date || !event.target.value) {
       this.setSelected(date, event, true);
diff --git a/test/datepicker_test.test.js b/test/datepicker_test.test.js
index 1f93294bf..9e0285dfe 100644
--- a/test/datepicker_test.test.js
+++ b/test/datepicker_test.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { findDOMNode } from "react-dom";
 import TestUtils from "react-dom/test-utils";
 import { enUS, enGB } from "date-fns/locale";
 import { mount } from "enzyme";
+import { render, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
 import defer from "lodash/defer";
 import DatePicker, { registerLocale } from "../src/index.jsx";
 import Day from "../src/day.jsx";
@@ -2102,6 +2103,55 @@ describe("DatePicker", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("clears the selected date on empty date input", () => {
+    let date = "2023-10-23 10:00:00";
+    const selected = utils.newDate(date);
+
+    const { container: datepicker } = render(
+      <DatePicker
+        selected={selected}
+        onChange={(d) => {
+          date = d;
+        }}
+        showTimeSelect
+        dateFormat="MMMM d, yyyy h:mm aa"
+      />,
+    );
+
+    const input = datepicker.querySelector(
+      ".react-datepicker__input-container > input",
+    );
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "" } });
+
+    expect(date).toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  it("clears the selected date on empty date input with showTimeSelectOnly", () => {
+    const format = "h:mm aa";
+
+    let date = "2022-02-24 10:00:00";
+    const selected = utils.newDate(date);
+
+    const { container: datepicker } = render(
+      <DatePicker
+        selected={selected}
+        onChange={(d) => {
+          date = d;
+        }}
+        showTimeSelectOnly
+        dateFormat={format}
+        timeFormat={format}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    const input = datepicker.querySelector(
+      ".react-datepicker__input-container > input",
+    );
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "" } });
+
+    expect(date).toBe(null);
+  });
+
   it("should selected month when specified minDate same month", () => {
     const selected = utils.newDate("2023-01-09");
     let date = null;