diff --git a/src/plugins/MarkdownPaste.ts b/src/plugins/MarkdownPaste.ts
index 93ef71b76..79d527074 100755
--- a/src/plugins/MarkdownPaste.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/MarkdownPaste.ts
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ export default class MarkdownPaste extends Extension {
                             return true;
                         }
 
-                        // otherwise, if we have html on the clipboard then fallback to the
+                        // otherwise, if we only have html on the clipboard then fallback to the
                         // default HTML parser behavior that comes with Prosemirror.
-                        if (text.length === 0 || html) return false;
+                        if (text.length === 0 && html) return false;
 
                         event.preventDefault();