diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
index f5af01ec89c..e7c6d93853d 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ var FieldTextHtmlSimple = widget.extend({
         var value = this.get('value');
         this.$textarea.val(value || '');
         this.$content.html(this.text_to_html(value));
-        this.$content.focusInEnd();
+        // on ie an error may occur when creating range on not displayed element
+        try {
+            this.$content.focusInEnd();
+        } catch (e) {}
         var history = this.$content.data('NoteHistory');
         if (history && history.recordUndo()) {
             this.$('.note-toolbar').find('button[data-event="undo"]').attr('disabled', false);