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 308e54f4bc7..35e60a58998 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
     xmlDependencies: ['/web_editor/static/src/xml/snippets.xml'],
     events: {
         'click .oe_snippet_remove': '_onRemoveClick',
+        'wheel': '_onMouseWheel',
     },
     custom_events: {
         'option_update': '_onOptionUpdate',
@@ -895,6 +896,21 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
             }
         }
     },
+    /**
+     * Called when the 'mouse wheel' is used when hovering over the overlay.
+     * Disable the pointer events to prevent page scrolling from stopping.
+     * 
+     * @private
+     * @param {Event} ev
+     */
+    _onMouseWheel: function (ev) {
+        ev.stopPropagation();
+        this.$el.css('pointer-events', 'none');
+        clearTimeout(this.wheelTimeout);
+        this.wheelTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+            this.$el.css('pointer-events', '');
+        }, 250);
+    },
 });
 
 /**