diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
index 9769ef0728e..fbcdc382ac4 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
@@ -3323,11 +3323,11 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
             // cell that is itself selected, or if all its own cells are
             // selected.
             const isTableFullySelected =
-                table.parentElement && closestElement(table.parentElement, 'td.o_selected_td') ||
+                table.parentElement && !!closestElement(table.parentElement, 'td.o_selected_td') ||
                 [...table.querySelectorAll('td')]
                     .filter(td => closestElement(td, 'table') === table)
                     .every(td => td.classList.contains('o_selected_td'));
-            if (!isTableFullySelected(table)) {
+            if (!isTableFullySelected) {
                 for (const td of tableClone.querySelectorAll('td:not(.o_selected_td)')) {
                     if (closestElement(td, 'table') === tableClone) { // ignore nested
                         td.remove();