diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/render.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/render.py
index 2d607fe9..73786d3c 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/render.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/render.py
@@ -1103,13 +1103,11 @@ def _render_images(
             layers[ch] = img.sel(c=ch).copy(deep=True).squeeze()
             if isinstance(render_params.cmap_params, list):
                 ch_norm = render_params.cmap_params[ch_idx].norm
-                ch_cmap_is_default = render_params.cmap_params[ch_idx].cmap_is_default
             else:
                 ch_norm = render_params.cmap_params.norm
-                ch_cmap_is_default = render_params.cmap_params.cmap_is_default
 
-            if not ch_cmap_is_default and ch_norm is not None:
-                layers[ch_idx] = ch_norm(layers[ch_idx])
+            if ch_norm is not None:
+                layers[ch] = ch_norm(layers[ch])
 
         # 2A) Image has 3 channels, no palette info, and no/only one cmap was given
         if palette is None and n_channels == 3 and not isinstance(render_params.cmap_params, list):
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diff --git a/tests/_images/Images_correctly_normalizes_multichannel_images.png b/tests/_images/Images_correctly_normalizes_multichannel_images.png
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diff --git a/tests/pl/test_render_images.py b/tests/pl/test_render_images.py
index 5cba4e88..3e28799a 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_render_images.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_render_images.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import dask.array as da
 import matplotlib
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
 import scanpy as sc
 from matplotlib.colors import Normalize
 from spatial_image import to_spatial_image
 from spatialdata import SpatialData
+from spatialdata.models import Image2DModel
 
 import spatialdata_plot  # noqa: F401
 from tests.conftest import DPI, PlotTester, PlotTesterMeta, _viridis_with_under_over
@@ -130,3 +133,17 @@ def test_plot_can_stick_to_zorder(self, sdata_blobs: SpatialData):
 
     def test_plot_can_render_multiscale_image_with_custom_cmap(self, sdata_blobs: SpatialData):
         sdata_blobs.pl.render_images("blobs_multiscale_image", channel=0, scale="scale2", cmap="Greys").pl.show()
+
+    def test_plot_correctly_normalizes_multichannel_images(self, sdata_raccoon: SpatialData):
+        sdata_raccoon["raccoon_int16"] = Image2DModel.parse(
+            sdata_raccoon["raccoon"].data.astype(np.uint16) * 257,  # 255 * 257 = 65535,
+            dims=("c", "y", "x"),
+        )
+
+        # show multi-channel vs single-channel
+        fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2)
+        sdata_raccoon.pl.render_images("raccoon_int16", channel=[0]).pl.show(ax=axs[0], colorbar=False)
+        axs[0].set_title("single-channel uint16")
+        sdata_raccoon.pl.render_images("raccoon_int16", channel=[0, 1], palette=["yellow", "red"]).pl.show(ax=axs[1])
+        axs[1].set_title("two-channel uint16")
+        fig.tight_layout()