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 4f107a0d24d..8b7e6cfd0e9 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
@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
     _handleSelectionInTable(ev=undefined) {
         const selection = this.document.getSelection();
         // Selection could be gone if the document comes from an iframe that has been removed.
-        const anchorNode = selection && selection.getRangeAt(0) && selection.anchorNode;
+        const anchorNode = selection && selection.rangeCount && selection.getRangeAt(0) && selection.anchorNode;
         if (anchorNode && (closestElement(anchorNode, '[data-oe-protected="true"]') || !ancestors(anchorNode).includes(this.editable))) {
             return false;
         }