diff --git a/packages/components/slot/__tests__/only-child.test.tsx b/packages/components/slot/__tests__/only-child.test.tsx
index fe894ed3ee..9664c88f62 100644
--- a/packages/components/slot/__tests__/only-child.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/slot/__tests__/only-child.test.tsx
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('ElOnlyChild', () => {
     await nextTick()
 
     expect(debugWarn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(wrapper.text()).toBe('')
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toBe(AXIOM)
   })
 
   it('should render nothing when no children provided', async () => {
@@ -129,4 +129,12 @@ describe('ElOnlyChild', () => {
     expect(debugWarn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(wrapper.text()).toBe('')
   })
+
+  it('should warns about having multiple children', async () => {
+    wrapper = createComponent(() => [h(Fragment, null, [AXIOM, AXIOM])])
+    await nextTick()
+
+    expect(debugWarn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toBe(AXIOM)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/components/slot/src/only-child.tsx b/packages/components/slot/src/only-child.tsx
index 2f36f3164d..d005d412f6 100644
--- a/packages/components/slot/src/only-child.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/slot/src/only-child.tsx
@@ -28,17 +28,15 @@ export const OnlyChild = defineComponent({
     return () => {
       const defaultSlot = slots.default?.(attrs)
       if (!defaultSlot) return null
+      const [firstLegitNode, length] = findFirstLegitChild(defaultSlot)
 
-      if (defaultSlot.length > 1) {
-        debugWarn(NAME, 'requires exact only one valid child.')
-        return null
-      }
-
-      const firstLegitNode = findFirstLegitChild(defaultSlot)
       if (!firstLegitNode) {
         debugWarn(NAME, 'no valid child node found')
         return null
       }
+      if (length > 1) {
+        debugWarn(NAME, 'requires exact only one valid child.')
+      }
 
       return withDirectives(cloneVNode(firstLegitNode!, attrs), [
         [forwardRefDirective],
@@ -47,9 +45,13 @@ export const OnlyChild = defineComponent({
   },
 })
 
-function findFirstLegitChild(node: VNode[] | undefined): VNode | null {
-  if (!node) return null
+function findFirstLegitChild(
+  node: VNode[] | undefined
+): [VNode | null, number] {
+  if (!node) return [null, 0]
   const children = node as VNode[]
+  const len = children.filter((c) => c.type !== Comment).length
+
   for (const child of children) {
     /**
      * when user uses h(Fragment, [text]) to render plain string,
@@ -62,16 +64,16 @@ function findFirstLegitChild(node: VNode[] | undefined): VNode | null {
           continue
         case Text:
         case 'svg':
-          return wrapTextContent(child)
+          return [wrapTextContent(child), len]
         case Fragment:
           return findFirstLegitChild(child.children as VNode[])
         default:
-          return child
+          return [child, len]
       }
     }
-    return wrapTextContent(child)
+    return [wrapTextContent(child), len]
   }
-  return null
+  return [null, 0]
 }
 
 function wrapTextContent(s: string | VNode) {