diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index 9af38adb04d..de5845ad45c 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -1815,6 +1815,7 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
             id: 'oe_manipulators',
         });
         this.$body.prepend(this.$snippetEditorArea);
+        this.options.getScrollOptions = this._getScrollOptions.bind(this);
 
         // Add tooltips on we-title elements whose text overflows and on all
         // elements with available tooltip text. Note that the tooltips of the
@@ -1863,7 +1864,6 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
         this.emptyOptionsTabContent = document.createElement('div');
         this.emptyOptionsTabContent.classList.add('text-center', 'pt-5');
         this.emptyOptionsTabContent.append(_t("Select a block on your page to style it."));
-        this.options.getScrollOptions = this._getScrollOptions.bind(this);
 
         // Fetch snippet templates and compute it
         defs.push((async () => {