diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index b6a3f1979fd..ad1dc2ab9a7 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -4600,8 +4600,8 @@ registry.sizing = SnippetOptionWidget.extend({
             if (rowEl.classList.contains("o_grid_mode") && !isMobile) {
                 self.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerUnactive('displayBackgroundGrid');
                 backgroundGridEl = gridUtils._addBackgroundGrid(rowEl, 0);
-                self.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('displayBackgroundGrid');
                 gridUtils._setElementToMaxZindex(backgroundGridEl, rowEl);
+                self.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive('displayBackgroundGrid');
             }
 
             // For loop to handle the cases where it is ne, nw, se or sw. Since