diff -u b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.es6.js b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.es6.js
--- b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.es6.js
+++ b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.es6.js
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
           'originalValue',
           getTextContent(this.$textElement[0]),
         );
+        editorModel.set(
+          'originalMarkup',
+          getTextContent(this.$textElement[0]),
+        );
 
         // Sets the state to 'changed' whenever the value changes.
         let previousText = editorModel.get('originalValue');
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@
        * {@inheritdoc}
        */
       revert() {
-        this.$textElement.html(this.model.get('originalValue'));
+        this.$textElement.html(this.model.get('originalMarkup'));
       },
     },
   );
diff -u b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.js b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.js
--- b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.js
+++ b/b/js/editors/plainTextEditor.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       var $fieldItems = this.$el.find('.quickedit-field');
       var $textElement = $fieldItems.length ? $fieldItems.eq(0) : this.$el;
       this.$textElement = $textElement;
+      editorModel.set('originalMarkup', this.$textElement[0].innerHTML);
       editorModel.set('originalValue', getTextContent(this.$textElement[0]));
       var previousText = editorModel.get('originalValue');
       $textElement.on('keyup paste', function (event) {
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
       };
     },
     revert: function revert() {
-      this.$textElement.html(this.model.get('originalValue'));
+      this.$textElement.html(this.model.get('originalMarkup'));
     }
   });