diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
index 612b249f67c..2a8402284d9 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ export function isEmptyBlock(blockEl) {
     for (const node of nodes) {
         // There is no text and no double BR, the only thing that could make
         // this visible is a "visible empty" node like an image.
-        if (node.nodeName != 'BR' && isSelfClosingElement(node)) {
+        if (node.nodeName != 'BR' && (isSelfClosingElement(node) || isFontAwesome(node))) {
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/insert.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/insert.test.js
index e6438d5ac1a..97d134b90ad 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/insert.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/insert.test.js
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ describe('insert HTML', () => {
                 contentAfter: '<pre>abcdef[]<br>ghi</pre>',
             });
         });
+        it('should keep an "empty" block which contains fontawesome nodes when inserting multiple nodes', async () => {
+            await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                contentBefore: '<p>content[]</p>',
+                stepFunction: async editor => {
+                    await editor.execCommand('insert', parseHTML('<p>unwrapped</p><div><i class="fa fa-circle-o-notch"></i></div><p>culprit</p><p>after</p>'));
+                },
+                contentAfter: '<p>contentunwrapped</p><div><i class="fa fa-circle-o-notch"></i></div><p>culprit</p><p>after[]</p>',
+            });
+        });
         it('should not unwrap single node if the selection anchorNode is the editable', async () => {
             await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
                 contentBefore: '<p>content</p>[]',