--- a/editor/libeditor/EditorBase.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/EditorBase.cpp
@@ -922,16 +922,17 @@ EditorBase::BeginPlaceHolderTransaction(
     // time to turn on the batch
     BeginUpdateViewBatch();
     mPlaceHolderTxn = nullptr;
     mPlaceHolderName = aName;
     RefPtr<Selection> selection = GetSelection();
     if (selection) {
       mSelState = new SelectionState();
       mSelState->SaveSelection(selection);
+      mRangeUpdater.RegisterSelectionState(*mSelState);
     }
   }
   mPlaceHolderBatch++;
 
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
@@ -973,16 +974,17 @@ EditorBase::EndPlaceHolderTransaction()
     // cached for frame offset are Not available now
     if (selection) {
       selection->SetCanCacheFrameOffset(false);
     }
 
     if (mSelState) {
       // we saved the selection state, but never got to hand it to placeholder
       // (else we ould have nulled out this pointer), so destroy it to prevent leaks.
+      mRangeUpdater.DropSelectionState(*mSelState);
       delete mSelState;
       mSelState = nullptr;
     }
     // We might have never made a placeholder if no action took place.
     if (mPlaceHolderTxn) {
       nsCOMPtr<nsIAbsorbingTransaction> plcTxn = do_QueryReferent(mPlaceHolderTxn);
       if (plcTxn) {
         plcTxn->EndPlaceHolderBatch();