An electric motor control device includes an inverter circuit, which has a power conversion circuit configured of six switching elements, and a switching control circuit that controls the switching elements in such a way as to be turned on or off, wherein, when it is determined that the inverter circuit is in an abnormal state, an execution of a three-phase short-circuiting process, whereby all upper side switching elements or all lower side switching elements are turned on, or a six-switch opening process, whereby all the switching elements are turned off, is selected based on a temperature of at least one permanent magnet of an electric motor, in accordance with an operating state of the electric motor.