diff --git a/qt/aqt/editor.py b/qt/aqt/editor.py
index 730cb356c..1ccd98080 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/editor.py
@@ -537,7 +537,8 @@ class Editor:
                 warnings.simplefilter("ignore", UserWarning)
                 html = str(BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser"))
         self.note.fields[field] = html
-        self.note.flush()
+        if not self.addMode:
+            self.note.flush()
         self.loadNote(focusTo=field)
 
     # Tag handling