diff --git a/lib/components/editor.js b/lib/components/editor.js
index 1ad8ae934..8322b6406 100644
--- a/lib/components/editor.js
+++ b/lib/components/editor.js
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
         const characters = plugin.renderDecorations(text, state, this)
         if (characters) return characters
       }
+
+      return text.characters
     })
 
     state = state.merge({ document })