diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/commands/commands.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/commands/commands.js
index 1439d579283..092e3f32676 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/commands/commands.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/commands/commands.js
@@ -291,7 +291,11 @@ export const editorCommands = {
         currentNode = lastChildNode || currentNode;
         selection.removeAllRanges();
         const newRange = new Range();
-        const lastPosition = rightPos(currentNode);
+        let lastPosition = rightPos(currentNode);
+        if (lastPosition[0] === editor.editable) {
+            // Correct the position if it happens to be in the editable root.
+            lastPosition = getDeepestPosition(...lastPosition);
+        }
         newRange.setStart(lastPosition[0], lastPosition[1]);
         newRange.setEnd(lastPosition[0], lastPosition[1]);
         selection.addRange(newRange);
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js
index 569e4ac4512..f701d4eda83 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ describe('Copy and paste', () => {
                     stepFunction: async editor => {
                         await pasteHtml(editor, '<ul><li>abc</li><li>def</li><li>ghi</li></ul>');
                     },
-                    contentAfter: '<p>12</p><ul><li>abc</li><li>def</li><li>ghi</li></ul>[]<p>34</p>',
+                    contentAfter: '<p>12</p><ul><li>abc</li><li>def</li><li>ghi</li></ul><p>[]34</p>',
                 });
             });
             it('should paste the text of an li into another li', async () => {
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ describe('Copy and paste', () => {
                 stepFunction: async editor => {
                     await pasteOdooEditorHtml(editor, '<div class="custom-paste">b</div>');
                 },
-                contentAfter: '<p>a</p><div class="custom-paste">b</div>[]<p>b</p>',
+                contentAfter: '<p>a</p><div class="custom-paste">b</div><p>[]b</p>',
             });
         });
         it('should not paste unsafe content', async () => {