diff --git a/src/wp-admin/js/editor-expand.js b/src/wp-admin/js/editor-expand.js
index db7561e62a..4165985e11 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/js/editor-expand.js
+++ b/src/wp-admin/js/editor-expand.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 			$visualEditor = $(),
 			$textTop = $( '#ed_toolbar' ),
 			$textEditor = $( '#content' ),
-			$textEditorClone = $( '<div id="content-textarea-clone"></div>' ),
+			$textEditorClone = $( '<div id="content-textarea-clone" class="wp-no-emoji"></div>' ),
 			$bottom = $( '#post-status-info' ),
 			$menuBar = $(),
 			$statusBar = $(),
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji.js b/src/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji.js
index eed3fe389e..d925496aa4 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji.js
+++ b/src/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji.js
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@
 								node = node.parentNode;
 							}
 
-							if ( node && node.nodeType === 1 && test( node.textContent ) ) {
+							if ( ! node || ( node.className && node.className.indexOf( 'wp-no-emoji' ) !== -1 ) ) {
+								continue;
+							}
+
+							if ( node.nodeType === 1 && test( node.textContent ) ) {
 								parse( node );
 							}
 						}