diff --git a/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpeditimage/plugin.js b/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpeditimage/plugin.js
index fc39aba6b9..9ffaba102a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpeditimage/plugin.js
+++ b/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpeditimage/plugin.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ tinymce.PluginManager.add( 'wpeditimage', function( editor ) {
 	}
 
 	function hasTextContent( node ) {
-		return node && !! ( node.textContent || node.innerText );
+		return node && !! ( node.textContent || node.innerText ).replace( /\ufeff/g, '' );
 	}
 
 	// Verify HTML in captions