diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
index 8055344966c..5b5270399bd 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
@@ -3200,9 +3200,8 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
                     }
                     sibling = textNode.nextSibling;
                     while (sibling && sibling.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-                        sibling.textContent =+ textNode.textContent;
-                        textNode.remove();
-                        textNode = sibling;
+                        textNode.textContent += sibling.textContent;
+                        sibling.remove();
                         sibling = textNode.nextSibling;
                     }
                     setSelection(textNode, offset);
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js
index 37fa81d9b61..dc0c171485b 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js
@@ -5727,6 +5727,46 @@ X[]
                     contentAfter: '<p>a<code class="o_inline_code">b`cd`[]e</code>f</p>',
                 });
             });
+            it('should convert text into inline code even when text nodes are split', async () => {
+                // BEFORE
+                await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                    contentBefore: '<p>b`c[]d</p>',
+                    stepFunction: async editor => {
+                        editor.document.getSelection().anchorNode.before(document.createTextNode('a'));
+                        insertText(editor, '`');
+                    },
+                    contentAfter: '<p>ab<code class="o_inline_code">c</code>\u200B[]d</p>',
+                });
+                // AFTER
+                await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                    contentBefore: '<p>a`b[]c</p>',
+                    stepFunction: async editor => {
+                        editor.document.getSelection().anchorNode.after(document.createTextNode('d'));
+                        insertText(editor, '`');
+                    },
+                    contentAfter: '<p>a<code class="o_inline_code">b</code>\u200B[]cd</p>',
+                });
+                // BOTH
+                await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                    contentBefore: '<p>b`c[]d</p>',
+                    stepFunction: async editor => {
+                        editor.document.getSelection().anchorNode.before(document.createTextNode('a'));
+                        editor.document.getSelection().anchorNode.after(document.createTextNode('e'));
+                        insertText(editor, '`');
+                    },
+                    contentAfter: '<p>ab<code class="o_inline_code">c</code>\u200B[]de</p>',
+                });
+            });
+            it('should convert text into inline code even when the other backtick is in a separate text node', async () => {
+                await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                    contentBefore: '<p>ab[]c</p>',
+                    stepFunction: async editor => {
+                        editor.document.getSelection().anchorNode.before(document.createTextNode('`'));
+                        insertText(editor, '`');
+                    },
+                    contentAfter: '<p>\u200B<code class="o_inline_code">ab</code>\u200B[]c</p>',
+                });
+            });
         });
     });