diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js
index 20c70e9d235..7748ccf7762 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js
@@ -280,7 +280,15 @@ var RTE = Widget.extend({
         } else {
             rng = $editable.data('range') || rng;
         }
-        rng.select();
+        try {
+            // TODO this line might break for unknown reasons. I suppose that
+            // the created range is an invalid one. As it might be tricky to
+            // adapt that line and that it is not a critical one, temporary fix
+            // is to ignore the errors that this generates.
+            rng.select();
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log('error', e);
+        }
         history.recordUndo($editable, event, internal_history);
     },
     /**