diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
index 7cb059b9bfa..ab4aea45ad2 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export const Editable = (props: EditableProps) => {
     // Otherwise the DOM selection is out of sync, so update it.
     state.isUpdatingSelection = true
 
-    const newDomRange = selection && ReactEditor.toDOMRange(editor, selection)
+    const newDomRange = selection && hasDomSelectionInEditor && ReactEditor.toDOMRange(editor, selection)
 
     if (newDomRange) {
       if (Range.isBackward(selection!)) {