diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_text.js b/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_text.js
index 2b1a12200..369eb736a 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_text.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_text.js
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ export default class FindInText {
         // Clear
         const findAndReplaceEditing = textEditor.plugins.get('FindAndReplaceEditing');
         findAndReplaceEditing.state.clear(model);
-        this.editingState = findAndReplaceEditing.state;
         findAndReplaceEditing.stop();
+        this.editingState = findAndReplaceEditing.state;
         if (searchTerm !== "") {
             // Parameters are callback/text, options.matchCase=false, options.wholeWords=false
             // See https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/blob/b95e2faf817262ac0e1e21993d9c0bde3f1be594/packages/ckeditor5-find-and-replace/src/findcommand.js#L44