diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index caa00c3ff1d..99349cbf151 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -1205,7 +1205,9 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
                     // If the column doesn't come from a grid mode snippet.
                     if (!self.$target[0].classList.contains('o_grid_item')) {
                         // Converting the column to grid.
+                        self.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
                         const spans = gridUtils._convertColumnToGrid(rowEl, self.$target[0], self.dragState.columnWidth, self.dragState.columnHeight);
+                        self.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerUnactive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
                         columnColCount = spans.columnColCount;
                         columnRowCount = spans.columnRowCount;
 
@@ -1351,9 +1353,9 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
             this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerUnactive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
         } else if (this.$target[0].classList.contains('o_grid_item') && this.dropped) {
             // Case when dropping a grid item in a non-grid dropzone.
+            this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
             const gridSizeClasses = this.$target[0].className.match(/(g-col-lg|g-height)-[0-9]+/g);
             this.$target[0].classList.remove('o_grid_item', 'o_grid_item_image', 'o_grid_item_image_contain', ...gridSizeClasses);
-            this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
             this.$target[0].style.removeProperty('z-index');
             this.$target[0].style.removeProperty('grid-area');
             this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerUnactive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
@@ -1375,7 +1377,9 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
                     // If the column doesn't come from a snippet in grid mode,
                     // convert it.
                     if (!this.$target[0].classList.contains('o_grid_item')) {
+                        this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
                         const spans = gridUtils._convertColumnToGrid(rowEl, this.$target[0], this.dragState.columnWidth, this.dragState.columnHeight);
+                        this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerUnactive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
                         this.dragState.columnColCount = spans.columnColCount;
                         this.dragState.columnRowCount = spans.columnRowCount;
                     }
@@ -1397,9 +1401,9 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
                     if (this.$target[0].classList.contains('o_grid_item')) {
                         // Case when a grid column is dropped near a non-grid
                         // dropzone.
+                        this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
                         const gridSizeClasses = this.$target[0].className.match(/(g-col-lg|g-height)-[0-9]+/g);
                         this.$target[0].classList.remove('o_grid_item', 'o_grid_item_image', 'o_grid_item_image_contain', ...gridSizeClasses);
-                        this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');
                         this.$target[0].style.removeProperty('z-index');
                         this.$target[0].style.removeProperty('grid-area');
                         this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerUnactive('dragAndDropMoveSnippet');