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 ea88eb34da0..52820cc033c 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -3641,11 +3641,14 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
      */
     _onSnippetDragAndDropStop: async function (ev) {
         this.snippetEditorDragging = false;
-        const $modal = ev.data.$snippet.closest('.modal');
+        const modalEl = ev.data.$snippet[0].closest('.modal');
+        const carouselItemEl = ev.data.$snippet[0].closest('.carousel-item');
         // If the snippet is in a modal, destroy editors only in that modal.
         // This to prevent the modal from closing because of the cleanForSave
-        // on each editors.
-        await this._destroyEditors($modal.length ? $modal : null);
+        // on each editors. Same thing for 'carousel-item', otherwise all the
+        // editors of the 'carousel' are destroyed and the 'carousel' jumps to
+        // first slide.
+        await this._destroyEditors(carouselItemEl ? $(carouselItemEl) : modalEl ? $(modalEl) : null);
         await this._activateSnippet(ev.data.$snippet);
     },
     /**