diff --git a/wp-admin/js/editor.js b/wp-admin/js/editor.js
index c42611bb2d..e3fbaab945 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/editor.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/editor.js
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
text = text + '\n\n';
text = text.replace( /
\s*
/gi, '\n\n' );
- text = text.replace( new RegExp( '(<(?:' + blocklist + ')(?: [^>]*)?>)', 'gi' ), '\n$1' );
+ text = text.replace( new RegExp( '(<(?:' + blocklist + ')(?: [^>]*)?>)', 'gi' ), '\n\n$1' );
text = text.replace( new RegExp( '((?:' + blocklist + ')>)', 'gi' ), '$1\n\n' );
text = text.replace( /
]*)?>/gi, '
\n\n' ); // hr is self closing block element
text = text.replace( /\s*