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 ca33572d6fd..525bb568eea 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
         this.$target.after($clone);
 
         if (recordUndo) {
-            this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyStep();
+            this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyStep(true);
         }
         await new Promise(resolve => {
             this.trigger_up('call_for_each_child_snippet', {