diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index 8e846ebe635..517bc881e53 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -2801,6 +2801,11 @@ const Many2oneUserValueWidget = SelectUserValueWidget.extend({
             return;
         }
         if (widget && widget === this.createButton) {
+            // When the create button is clicked, make sure the text
+            // value is restored from the actual input element because
+            // it might have been removed when hovering existing tags.
+            // TODO review this, there is probably better to do
+            this.createInput._value = this.createInput.el.querySelector('input').value;
             if (!this.createInput._value) {
                 ev.stopPropagation();
             }