diff --git a/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp b/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
index 3d5ade20815b..a3d40cfe56a4 100644
--- a/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ nsHTMLEditRules::ReturnInHeader(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
   // merge text node with like sibling, if any
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode> sibling;
   textNode->GetNextSibling(getter_AddRefs(sibling));
-  if (sibling)
+  if (sibling && mEditor->IsTextNode(sibling) && mEditor->IsEditable(sibling))
   {
     res = mEditor->JoinNodes(textNode,sibling,p);
     if (NS_FAILED(res)) return res;
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
index 3d5ade20815b..a3d40cfe56a4 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ nsHTMLEditRules::ReturnInHeader(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
   // merge text node with like sibling, if any
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode> sibling;
   textNode->GetNextSibling(getter_AddRefs(sibling));
-  if (sibling)
+  if (sibling && mEditor->IsTextNode(sibling) && mEditor->IsEditable(sibling))
   {
     res = mEditor->JoinNodes(textNode,sibling,p);
     if (NS_FAILED(res)) return res;