diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/editor.js
index 7536c1f5516..ca9f5b8ba51 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/editor.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var EditorMenuBar = Widget.extend({
     save: function (reload) {
         var self = this;
         this.snippetsMenu.cleanForSave();
-        this._saveCroppedImages().then(function () {
+        return this._saveCroppedImages().then(function () {
             return self.rte.save();
         }).then(function () {
             if (reload !== false) {