diff --git a/webapp/src/components/live-markdown-plugin/liveMarkdownPlugin.ts b/webapp/src/components/live-markdown-plugin/liveMarkdownPlugin.ts
index afcb2bd02..42b03a899 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/live-markdown-plugin/liveMarkdownPlugin.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/components/live-markdown-plugin/liveMarkdownPlugin.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const maintainInlineStyles = (
 
     // If enter was pressed (or the block was otherwise split) we must maintain
     // styles in the previous block as well
-    if (lastChangeType === 'split-block') {
+    if (lastChangeType === 'split-block' && contentState.getBlockBefore(blockKey) !== undefined) {
         const newPrevBlock = mapInlineStyles(
             contentState.getBlockBefore(blockKey)!,
             inlineStyleStrategies,