diff --git a/cli/js/40_lint_selector.js b/cli/js/40_lint_selector.js
index 7b94c4f960..c4cd523f9f 100644
--- a/cli/js/40_lint_selector.js
+++ b/cli/js/40_lint_selector.js
@@ -406,8 +406,9 @@ export function splitSelectors(input) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (last < input.length - 1) {
-    out.push(input.slice(last).trim());
+  const remaining = input.slice(last).trim();
+  if (remaining.length > 0) {
+    out.push(remaining);
   }
 
   return out;
diff --git a/tests/unit/lint_selectors_test.ts b/tests/unit/lint_selectors_test.ts
index c116871318..e9e4dacb4e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lint_selectors_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/lint_selectors_test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import {
 import { assertThrows } from "@std/assert";
 
 Deno.test("splitSelectors", () => {
+  assertEquals(splitSelectors("*"), ["*"]);
+  assertEquals(splitSelectors("*,*"), ["*", "*"]);
+  assertEquals(splitSelectors("*,*     "), ["*", "*"]);
   assertEquals(splitSelectors("foo"), ["foo"]);
   assertEquals(splitSelectors("foo, bar"), ["foo", "bar"]);
   assertEquals(splitSelectors("foo:f(bar, baz)"), ["foo:f(bar, baz)"]);