diff --git a/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.cpp b/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.cpp
index 994544926717..5b9ec24ead4b 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ HTMLEditRules::HTMLEditRules()
       mListenerEnabled(false),
       mReturnInEmptyLIKillsList(false),
       mDidDeleteSelection(false),
+      mDidExplicitlySetInterline(false),
       mDidRangedDelete(false),
       mDidEmptyParentBlocksRemoved(false),
       mRestoreContentEditableCount(false),
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ void HTMLEditRules::InitFields() {
   mDocChangeRange = nullptr;
   mReturnInEmptyLIKillsList = true;
   mDidDeleteSelection = false;
+  mDidExplicitlySetInterline = false;
   mDidRangedDelete = false;
   mDidEmptyParentBlocksRemoved = false;
   mRestoreContentEditableCount = false;
@@ -3931,11 +3933,12 @@ nsresult HTMLEditRules::DidDeleteSelection() {
   }
 
   // call through to base class
-  nsresult rv = TextEditRules::DidDeleteSelection();
-  if (NS_WARN_IF(NS_FAILED(rv))) {
-    return rv;
-  }
-  return NS_OK;
+  nsresult rv = TextEditRules::DidDeleteSelection(
+      mDidExplicitlySetInterline ? SetSelectionInterLinePosition::No
+                                 : SetSelectionInterLinePosition::Yes);
+  NS_WARNING_ASSERTION(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv),
+                       "TextEditRules::DidDeleteSelection() failed");
+  return rv;
 }
 
 nsresult HTMLEditRules::WillMakeList(const nsAString* aListType,
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.h b/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.h
index 1b77c8c5d2a2..cc1609db292a 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.h
+++ b/editor/libeditor/HTMLEditRules.h
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ class HTMLEditRules : public TextEditRules {
   bool mListenerEnabled;
   bool mReturnInEmptyLIKillsList;
   bool mDidDeleteSelection;
+  bool mDidExplicitlySetInterline;
   bool mDidRangedDelete;
   bool mDidEmptyParentBlocksRemoved;
   bool mRestoreContentEditableCount;
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.cpp b/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.cpp
index d51abb077d62..bbefbe1dd1b5 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.cpp
@@ -91,14 +91,12 @@ TextEditRules::TextEditRules()
 #ifdef DEBUG
       mIsHandling(false),
 #endif  // #ifdef DEBUG
-      mDidExplicitlySetInterline(false),
       mIsHTMLEditRules(false) {
   InitFields();
 }
 
 void TextEditRules::InitFields() {
   mTextEditor = nullptr;
-  mDidExplicitlySetInterline = false;
 }
 
 HTMLEditRules* TextEditRules::AsHTMLEditRules() {
@@ -163,8 +161,6 @@ nsresult TextEditRules::BeforeEdit() {
     return NS_ERROR_EDITOR_DESTROYED;
   }
 
-  mDidExplicitlySetInterline = false;
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
   mIsHandling = true;
 #endif  // #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -296,7 +292,8 @@ nsresult TextEditRules::DidDoAction(EditSubActionInfo& aInfo,
 
   switch (aInfo.mEditSubAction) {
     case EditSubAction::eDeleteSelectedContent:
-      return DidDeleteSelection();
+      MOZ_ASSERT(!mIsHTMLEditRules);
+      return DidDeleteSelection(SetSelectionInterLinePosition::Yes);
     case EditSubAction::eInsertElement:
     case EditSubAction::eUndo:
     case EditSubAction::eRedo:
@@ -783,6 +780,7 @@ nsresult TextEditRules::WillSetText(bool* aCancel, bool* aHandled,
                                     const nsAString* aString,
                                     int32_t aMaxLength) {
   MOZ_ASSERT(IsEditorDataAvailable());
+  MOZ_ASSERT(!mIsHTMLEditRules);
   MOZ_ASSERT(aCancel);
   MOZ_ASSERT(aHandled);
   MOZ_ASSERT(aString);
@@ -897,7 +895,8 @@ nsresult TextEditRules::WillSetText(bool* aCancel, bool* aHandled,
   // If we replaced non-empty value with empty string, we need to delete the
   // text node.
   if (tString.IsEmpty()) {
-    DebugOnly<nsresult> rvIgnored = DidDeleteSelection();
+    DebugOnly<nsresult> rvIgnored =
+        DidDeleteSelection(SetSelectionInterLinePosition::Yes);
     MOZ_ASSERT(rvIgnored != NS_ERROR_EDITOR_DESTROYED);
     NS_WARNING_ASSERTION(NS_SUCCEEDED(rvIgnored),
                          "DidDeleteSelection() failed");
@@ -1023,7 +1022,8 @@ nsresult TextEditRules::DeleteSelectionWithTransaction(
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-nsresult TextEditRules::DidDeleteSelection() {
+nsresult TextEditRules::DidDeleteSelection(
+    SetSelectionInterLinePosition aSetSelectionInterLinePosition) {
   MOZ_ASSERT(IsEditorDataAvailable());
 
   EditorDOMPoint selectionStartPoint(
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ nsresult TextEditRules::DidDeleteSelection() {
     }
   }
 
-  if (mDidExplicitlySetInterline) {
+  if (aSetSelectionInterLinePosition != SetSelectionInterLinePosition::Yes) {
     return NS_OK;
   }
   // We prevent the caret from sticking on the left of prior BR
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.h b/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.h
index e6e92b2eeab7..4a06904ba34a 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.h
+++ b/editor/libeditor/TextEditRules.h
@@ -214,7 +214,12 @@ class TextEditRules {
    * This method may remove empty text node and makes guarantee that caret
    * is never at left of <br> element.
    */
-  MOZ_CAN_RUN_SCRIPT MOZ_MUST_USE nsresult DidDeleteSelection();
+  enum class SetSelectionInterLinePosition {
+    Yes,
+    No,
+  };
+  MOZ_CAN_RUN_SCRIPT MOZ_MUST_USE nsresult DidDeleteSelection(
+      SetSelectionInterLinePosition aSetSelectionInterLinePosition);
 
   nsresult WillSetTextProperty(bool* aCancel, bool* aHandled);
 
@@ -363,7 +368,6 @@ class TextEditRules {
   bool mIsHandling;
 #endif  // #ifdef DEBUG
 
-  bool mDidExplicitlySetInterline;
   bool mIsHTMLEditRules;
 };