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 0f7879c6214..6d5719c3867 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
 
         let dragAndDropResolve;
         let $scrollingElement = $().getScrollingElement(this.ownerDocument);
-        if (!$scrollingElement[0]) {
+        if (!$scrollingElement[0] || $scrollingElement.find('body.o_in_iframe')) {
             $scrollingElement = $(this.ownerDocument).find('.o_editable');
         }