diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
index 0cd7541c7e2..17a2df31c6e 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ var FieldTextHtmlSimple = widget.extend({
         if (value.match(/^\s*$/)) {
             value = '<p><br/></p>';
         } else {
-            value = "<p>"+value.split(/<br\/?>/).join("</p><p>")+"</p>";
-            value = value.replace('<p><p>', '<p>').replace('</p></p>', '</p>');
+            value = "<p>"+value.split(/<br\/?>/).join("<br/></p><p>")+"</p>";
+            value = value.replace(/<p><\/p>/g, '').replace('<p><p>', '<p>').replace('</p></p>', '</p>');
         }
         return value;
     },