diff --git a/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js b/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
index bdf39ec41..6a07c9baf 100644
--- a/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
+++ b/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ export default class Editor extends Emitter {
     if (typeof content === 'string') {
       const htmlString = `<div>${content}</div>`
       const parser = new window.DOMParser()
-      const element = parser.parseFromString(htmlString, 'text/html').body
+      const element = parser.parseFromString(htmlString, 'text/html').body.firstElementChild
       return DOMParser.fromSchema(this.schema).parse(element, parseOptions)
     }