diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/bullet.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/bullet.js
index d134bf7c5e5..6a516dd2ad5 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/bullet.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/bullet.js
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ var BulletPlugin = AbstractPlugin.extend({
         var self = this;
         var nodes = [];
         var isWithinElem;
-        var ancestor = range.commonAncestor();
+        var ancestor = range.commonAncestor() || this.editable;
         var $dom = $(ancestor);
 
         if (!dom.isList(ancestor)) {
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ var BulletPlugin = AbstractPlugin.extend({
             if (!$dom.length) {
                 // if the selection is contained in a single HTML node, we indent
                 // the first ancestor 'content block' (P, H1, PRE, ...) or TD
-                $dom = $(range.sc).closest(this.options.styleTags.join(',') + ',td');
+                var nodes = this.context.invoke('HelperPlugin.getSelectedNodes');
+                $dom = $(this._filterEditableFormatNodes(nodes));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js b/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js
index 5eea0df9614..a89da25aca8 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ QUnit.test('Align', function (assert) {
 
 QUnit.test('Indent/outdent', function (assert) {
     var done = assert.async();
-    assert.expect(18);
+    assert.expect(20);
 
     return weTestUtils.createWysiwyg({
         debug: false,
@@ -2326,6 +2326,21 @@ QUnit.test('Indent/outdent', function (assert) {
                     start: 'p:eq(1):contents()[0]->1',
                 },
             },
+            {
+                name: "Click INDENT: li -> indented li",
+                content: '<p>aaa</p><p>bbb</p><p>ccc</p><p>ddd</p>',
+                start: 'p:eq(1):contents()[0]->0',
+                end: 'p:eq(3):contents()[0]->3',
+                do: function () {
+                    $dropdownPara.mousedown().click();
+                    $btnIndent.mousedown().click();
+                },
+                test: {
+                    content: '<p>aaa</p><p style="margin-left: 1.5em;">bbb</p><p style="margin-left: 1.5em;">ccc</p><p style="margin-left: 1.5em;">ddd</p>',
+                    start: 'p:eq(1):contents()[0]->0',
+                    end: 'p:eq(3):contents()[0]->3',
+                },
+            },
             /* OUTDENT */
             {
                 name: "Click OUTDENT: indented p -> p",