diff --git a/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnBeforeInput.ts b/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnBeforeInput.ts
index 70fd82f7e..929ba54bd 100644
--- a/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnBeforeInput.ts
+++ b/src/component/handlers/edit/editOnBeforeInput.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export default function editOnBeforeInput(
   // In some cases (ex: IE ideographic space insertion) no character data
   // is provided. There's nothing to do when this happens.
   if (!chars) {
+    e.preventDefault();
     return;
   }