diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
index 28e9283d900..6fabbba3fcb 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -2374,6 +2374,8 @@ export function enforceWhitespace(el, offset, direction, rule) {
             } else if (!isWhitespace(node)) {
                 break;
             }
+        } else {
+            break;
         }
     }