diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.editor.js
index 6cf2a9d33fd..19251f75af2 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.editor.js
@@ -1076,12 +1076,12 @@ data.Editor = Class.extend({
         if($parent.closest(":data(\"snippet-editor\")").length) {
             while (!$parent.data("snippet-editor")) {
                 var $nextParent = $parent.parent();
-                if ($parent.children().length === 0 && $parent.text().trim() === "") {
+                if ($parent.children().length === 0 && $parent.text().trim() === "" && !$parent.hasClass("oe_structure")) {
                     $parent.remove();
                 }
                 $parent = $nextParent;
             }
-            if ($parent.children().length === 0 && $parent.text().trim() === "") {
+            if ($parent.children().length === 0 && $parent.text().trim() === "" && !$parent.hasClass("oe_structure")) {
                 _.defer(function () {
                     $parent.data("snippet-editor").on_remove();
                 });