diff --git a/client/src/views/fields/wysiwyg.js b/client/src/views/fields/wysiwyg.js
index fbeecea51e..f5042c43cd 100644
--- a/client/src/views/fields/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/client/src/views/fields/wysiwyg.js
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class WysiwygFieldView extends TextFieldView {
     }
 
     getValueForDisplay() {
-        if (!this.isReadMode()) {
+        if (!this.isReadMode() && this.isHtml()) {
             return undefined;
         }