diff --git a/src/wp-admin/js/editor.js b/src/wp-admin/js/editor.js
index d64d3e6045..8602b1409e 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/js/editor.js
+++ b/src/wp-admin/js/editor.js
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 			// Protect pre|script tags
 			if ( text.indexOf( '<pre' ) !== -1 || text.indexOf( '<script' ) !== -1 ) {
 				preserve_linebreaks = true;
-				text = text.replace( /<(pre|script)[^>]*>[\s\S]+?<\/\1>/g, function( a ) {
+				text = text.replace( /<(pre|script)[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/g, function( a ) {
 					return a.replace( /\n/g, '<wp-line-break>' );
 				});
 			}