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 b2f9558a8e6..4ee545cf2e6 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
@@ -3122,10 +3122,10 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
         const sel = this.document.getSelection();
         const files = getImageFiles(ev.clipboardData);
         const clipboardHtml = ev.clipboardData.getData('text/html');
-        if (files.length) {
-            this.addImagesFiles(files);
-        } else if (clipboardHtml) {
+        if (clipboardHtml) {
             this.execCommand('insertHTML', this._prepareClipboardData(clipboardHtml));
+        } else if (files.length) {
+            this.addImagesFiles(files);
         } else {
             const text = ev.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
             const splitAroundUrl = text.split(URL_REGEX);