diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md b/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md
index 45c05d4b5..d07f4e149 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-3.0.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* [#7321](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/7321) - Don't overwrite multi-select custom fields during bulk edit
 * [#7324](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/7324) - Fix TypeError exception in web UI when filtering objects using single-choice filters
 
 ## v3.0.3 (2021-09-20)
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/views/generic.py b/netbox/netbox/views/generic.py
index b05033128..43b83da2f 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/views/generic.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/views/generic.py
@@ -824,14 +824,14 @@ class BulkEditView(GetReturnURLMixin, ObjectPermissionRequiredMixin, View):
                                     if form.cleaned_data[name]:
                                         getattr(obj, name).set(form.cleaned_data[name])
                                 # Normal fields
-                                elif form.cleaned_data[name] not in (None, '', []):
+                                elif name in form.changed_data:
                                     setattr(obj, name, form.cleaned_data[name])
 
                             # Update custom fields
                             for name in custom_fields:
                                 if name in form.nullable_fields and name in nullified_fields:
                                     obj.custom_field_data[name] = None
-                                elif form.cleaned_data.get(name) not in (None, ''):
+                                elif name in form.changed_data:
                                     obj.custom_field_data[name] = form.cleaned_data[name]
 
                             obj.full_clean()