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 22abc6d7f0e..3e6246918b1 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -5537,7 +5537,9 @@ registry.ReplaceMedia = SnippetOptionWidget.extend({
                 this.$target[0].src = src;
             }
         } else {
-            parentEl.replaceWith(this.$target[0]);
+            const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+            fragment.append(...parentEl.childNodes);
+            parentEl.replaceWith(fragment);
         }
     },
     /**